Public Health : Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases

Urgent notifications should be telephoned to the Yorkshire and Humber HPT within 24 hours on 0113 386 0300 – please refer to Department of Health Protection Legislation (England) Guidance 2010 (http://www.dh.gov.uk/)

The process for completing a notification form has changed. Routine notifications for Yorkshire and Humber should be completed via the online form Notification (NOID) Form .

Registered medical practitioners (RMPs) have a statutory duty to notify the ‘proper officer’ at their local health protection team (HPT) of suspected (they do not need to be laboratory confirmed) cases of certain infectious diseases.  For more detail on reporting responsibilities of RMPs, see page 14 of Health Protection Legislation (England) Guidance 2010.

All RMPs must pass the notification to PHE via their local health protection team within 3 days of becoming aware of the case, or within 24 hours for urgent cases. 

If you think your patient may live outside of Yorkshire and Humber and you need help finding your local HPT use the postcode lookup.

External Links

  • Clinical support group
    • Laboratory investigations and Infections
  • Clinical support area
    Microbiology
  • Service type
    Infectious Disease
  • Provider
    Public Health

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