E. Coli

(asked on 5th March 2019) - View Source
Questioner
Jonathan Ashworth Portrait
Jonathan Ashworth
(Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with E. coli in each financial year for which data are available since 2010-11.

Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 12th March 2019

The counts and rates of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteraemia (bloodstream infection) cases reported by National Health Service acute trusts in England are given in the following table.

E. coli bacteraemia counts by financial year, England: 2012/13 to 2017/18

Financial Year

All reported E. coli bacteraemia cases

2012/13

32,309

2013/14

34,286

2014/15

35,812

2015/16

38,288

2016/17

40,630

2017/18

41,060

Notes:

  1. Source:

Annual epidemiological commentary: Gram-negative bacteraemia, Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia, Meticillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia and C. difficile infections, up to and including financial year April 2017 to March 2018

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/724030/Annual_epidemiological_commentary_2018.pdf

  1. Since the mid-2000s onwards, E. coli has been the major cause of bacteraemia. Given the increase in the number of E. coli bacteraemia reports made through the voluntary surveillance programme, the Department made reporting of E. coli bacteraemia by NHS acute trusts mandatory in June 2011.

Data prior to financial year 2012/13 are not available.

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