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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 following is a list of notifiable diseases arranged by country. Bacteria. Australia [1] Hong Kong [2] India [3] Malaysia [4] United Kingdom [5] United States [6]
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 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 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.
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Text of the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1985 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1985 was a statutory instrument of the United Kingdom which extended certain parts of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act ...