Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Commons · Question 33009 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the spread of respiratory syncytial virus on hospital capacity.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 5 Mar 2025
Through the Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Watch programme, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) undertakes surveillance of hospitalisation rates in different age groups for confirmed cases of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in England. These r...