England saw a 11% rise in notifications of tuberculosis in 2023 from the previous year, the largest year-on-year increase since 2000, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported.1 The latest data show there were 4855 notifications in England in 2023, up from 4380 in 2022.
Although England remains a country of low incidence, at 8.5 notifications per 100 000 population, the current trajectory means it may not meet the World Health Organization’s elimination …