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5th November 2024

UKHSA fail again to respond to FOIA correspondence within 20 working days, this time to carry out an internal review or their reasons for any possible delay.
Latest Consultation/Report
5th November 2024

Complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about the UKHSA failure to carry out an internal review regarding the publication date for an outbreak report of E.coli O157 in 2022.

The Mail Online suggests new hope in treatment of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)

23rd October 2023

According to the Mail Online article, link below, of 21st October 2023, there appears to be hope in relation to the treatment of STEC caused HUS.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12657795/Doctors-discover-therapy-lethal-kidney-disease-children-caused-food-poisoning.html

We are currently trying to find out more information on this latest news about the proposed treatment and possible trial of Eculizumab, also known as Soliris.

There was a previous trial using this drug, unfortunately the trial was cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

We have to treat this news cautiously until we know more, but do hope a suitable treatment such as this, can be found for STEC HUS cases as there is no specific treatment at the present time for this devastating illness.

To date, efforts to prevent these types of bacterium entering the food chain or the environment, have not, worked significantly well enough to reduce the number of human cases.

Obviously, in an ideal world, prevention would be better than cure.



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Reply to the UKHSA about delay in publishing report about the outbreak of E.coli O157 from salad products. 05/12/2023
6th December 2023

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Update: New hope with the drug Eculizumab (Soliris) for the treatment of STEC involved HUS
5th November 2023

Following an article in the Mail Online, of 21st October 2023 in the link below about using the drug Eculizumab (Also known as Soliris) for the treatment of STEC involved HUS we contacted Professor Richard Coward who is a Professor of renal medicine at the University ... ...read on
The Mail Online suggests new hope in treatment of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)
23rd October 2023

According to the Mail Online article, link below, of 21st October 2023, there appears to be hope in relation to the treatment of STEC caused HUS. ... ...read on
Bureau of Investigative Journalism follow up news story shows Government failings in Salmonella outbreak.
11th September 2023

A follow up new story by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has shown that "The UK government allowed food companies behind a major salmonella outbreak to continue supplying supermarkets even after contaminated meat had been linked to the deaths of four people... ...read on
Possible E.Coli outbreak at adventure park in Surrey
6th August 2023

It has been reported in the last week by various news outlets that Hobbledown, an adventure park close to Epson Surrey, has voluntarily closed due to a suspected outbreak of Shiga to... ...read on
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