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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.
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 Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988, created by the Department of Health and Social Care, came into force on 1 October 1988 and was associated with the previous Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. 24 more diseases were added, indicating exact control powers that could be applied to individual diseases.
Immunisation against infectious disease is popularly known as The Green Book, to provide information on the UK's vaccination schedule and vaccines for vaccine preventable infectious diseases. [1] [2] It is a guide for health professionals and health departments that give vaccines in the UK. [2]
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 ...
The Infectious Disease (Notification) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 72) first appeared on the UK national statute books in 1889. [1] It was compulsory in London and optional in the rest of the country. It later became a mandatory law with the Infectious Disease (Notification) Extension Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 8). These acts required ...
In March 2021, it was announced that the new agency would instead be called the UK Health Security Agency, [26] commencing on 1 April and led by Jenny Harries (formerly a regional director at PHE and Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England). [27] The new UKHSA would focus on infectious disease control, particularly the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them, the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist and their current status. Some on the list are vaccine-preventable diseases .