§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will instruct clinical staff to ensure that perinatal deaths, still births and miscarriages are examined for the presence of listeria monocytogenes.
Mr. Kenneth Clark[holding answer 27 February 1989]: My Department has already drawn the attention of the president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to possible under-reporting of maternofoetal listerial infection. Further advice to doctors was given by the Chief Medical Officer on 16 February 1989.