What surveillance monitoring of any is undertaken in Wales to assess Lead Exposure in Children?
If this is undertaken please supply the latest Annual Report?
If surveillance is not carried out in Wales when was this last discussed and what are the reasons it is not carried out?
Thank you for your request dated 29th November 2023.
There is no routine screening of healthy children for lead exposure in Wales. This is consistent with the rest of the UK and with the view of the UK National Screening Committee
https://view-health-screening-recommendations.service.gov.uk/lead-poisoning/
Routine screening would produce surveillance data.
In Public Health Wales, we do carry out surveillance on the results of children's blood lead tests that have been requested by health professionals for their patients. However, we do not have an Annual Report summarising these data.
Please note this information is for information held by Public Health Wales only. Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. Therefore, do not have access to this information. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards or other NHS Wales organisations and frequently do not have access to the data that they produce.
I have provided contact details for each Health Board below, you would need to contact them individually for any information they may hold in relation to this.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/
Swansea Bay University Health Board
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/
Hywel Dda University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085
Powys Teaching Health Board
http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information
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