§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many National Health Service staff contracted hepatitis in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 and to the nearest available date in 1981.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe following information about hepatitis B infection in health professionals has been reported to the public health laboratory service. Reporting 89W is not necessarily complete. The people involved are not all National Health Service staff and the infection was not necessarily acquired at work.
- 1977 — 62.
- 1978 — 65.
- 1979 — 60.
- 1980 — 69.
- 1981 — 28 (to 31 March)
No information is available about other forms of hepatitis.