Written question WQ100376
- Asked by
- Janet Finch-SaundersConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Minister for Health and Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Will the Cabinet Minister confirm how many cases of salmonella have been confirmed in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board area over the last three months?
Answer
Answered by Deputy Minister for Public and Preventative Health (Nerys Evans)
I am concerned to hear of a number of Salmonella poisoning cases linked to a wider UK outbreak associated with imported eggs.
Information on numbers of cases of salmonella in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board area over the last three months is not held centrally by Welsh Government.
This information is held by Public Health Wales, who have confirmed that over the last three months 11 cases have been confirmed in Wales, two of which are residents of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board area. Public Health Wales note that exposure of these two cases may not have occurred in the area.