Speeches

David Simpson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of the common cold.

Nicola Blackwood

No estimate has been made of the annual cost of the common cold to the National Health Service. Although it is usually perceived as a single illness, the common cold is caused by a wide range of viruses.