Spiking: Testing
Commons · Question 90343 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tests for spiking were conducted in hospitals in England in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 24 Nov 2025
The requested data is not collected centrally. NHS England does not routinely collect hospital admissions data specifically related to spiking, nor the number of tests conducted explicitly labelled as being for spiking in hospitals.The Home Office has pub...