AQW 14212/22-27


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 05/07/2024
Answered On Date: 23/07/2024
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of cases of meningitis confirmed in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust; (ii) the number of those cases that were aged under 18; (iii) the number of those cases that were fatal; and (iv) the current and developmental treatment options for each variety.


Answer:
Confirmed cases of meningitis in each Trust across the last five years
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Belfast Trust
11
0
0
4
6
5
South Eastern Trust
5
1
0
3
9
2
Northern Trust
3
1
1
2
5
1
Southern Trust
10
1
3
1
2
0
Western Trust
2
0
0
0
2
3
Confirmed cases of meningitis for those under the age of 18
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Belfast Trust
5
0
0
2
4
3
South Eastern Trust
2
1
0
2
1
1
Northern Trust
1
1
0
2
3
0
Southern Trust
6
0
3
1
1
0
Western Trust
0
0
0
0
2
2
Due to the risk of small cell disclosure this information is unable to be provided.
The following recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence may be of interest:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng240
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng240/informationforpublic
Further information about meningococcal disease epidemiology is available in the PHA Vaccine-preventable Disease reports: https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/publications/annual-immunisation-and-vaccine-preventable-diseases-reports