Hepatitis: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 19568 · Tabled 11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve earlier diagnosis of hepatitis B (a) nationally and (b) within Devon Integrated Care System.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 23 Dec 2024
Hepatitis B is usually asymptomatic in the early years, and therefore, many people remain unaware of their infection. The UK Health Security Agency estimates that 268,767 people were living with chronic hepatitis B in England in 2022, 38.1% of whom we est...