UK drawing up new action plan to tackle rising TB

In 2023, England recorded its largest annual increase (11 percent) in cases since enhanced surveillance began in 2000. Provisional figures for 2024 indicate a further 13-percent annual rise to 5,480 cases, reflecting a similar global trend. The government is in the preliminary stages of preparing its new National Action Plan (2026–2031), which aims to improve the prevention, detection and control of TB in England. It called for academic, health and social care professionals, public health experts...