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A notifiable disease is one which the law requires to be reported to government authorities. In England and Wales, notification of infectious diseases is a statutory duty for registered medical practitioners and laboratories, under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and (in England) the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.
The UK statutory notification system for infectious diseases (also called Notifications of Infectious Diseases or NOIDS) is a system whereby doctors are required to notify a "proper officer" of the local authority (such as a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control) if they are presented with a case of a serious infectious disease such as diphtheria or measles.
The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22) is a piece of legislation for England and Wales which requires physicians to notify the 'proper officer' of the local authority of any person deemed to be suffering from a notifiable disease. [1] [2] It also provides powers to isolate infected individuals to prevent the spread of such a ...
Australia [1] Hong Kong [2] India [3] Malaysia [4] United Kingdom [5] United States [6]; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) : Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Regional arbovirus infections: Barmah Forest, Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection, Ross River virus infection
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/129) was a set of regulations that came into effect in England on 10 February 2020 as a statutory instrument made under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. The regulations were revoked on 25 March 2020.
Currently disease notification for humans in the UK is regulated under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988. The governing body is Public Health England [12] Public Health England List of Notifiable Diseases can be found here Notifiable diseases and causative organisms: how to ...
The full statutory instrument, SI 2020/350, as initially enacted. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/350), informally known as "the Lockdown Regulations", was a statutory instrument (SI) enacted on 26 March 2020 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
To increase the maximum capital of the United Kingdom's contingency fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] Coronavirus Act 2020: 2020 c.7 25 March 2020 To grant a range of emergency powers in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020: 2020 asp 7 6 April 2020