To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been (a) diagnosed with and (b) hospitalised as a result of chickenpox in (i) England and (ii) the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered on
22 April 2020
Chickenpox is not a notifiable disease in England, therefore data on the exact number of people diagnosed with chickenpox are not available.
A count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of chickenpox in England for the financial years 2014-15 to 2018-19, provided by NHS Digital, is attached.
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Department of Health and Social Care