HL Deb 25 January 2000 vol 608 cc180-1WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many deaths from iatrogenic CJD have been recorded in women who have received fertility treatment in the United Kingdom. [HL620]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

There have been no cases of iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in women who received fertility treatment in the United Kingdom.

A case of a woman, resident in the United Kingdom at the time of death, has been linked with fertility treatment received when she lived in Australia. This case is reflected in the monthly figures that are published by the Department of Health.