Notifiable diseases in the United Kingdom

A notifiable disease is one which the law requires to be reported to government authorities.

In the United Kingdom, notification of infectious diseases is a statutory duty for registered medical practitioners and laboratories, under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010. Medical practitioners are required to notify their local authority of diseases on the list in writing within three days, or if the situation is urgent, by telephone within 24 hours.[1]

List of notifiable diseases
Further information: notifiable disease

The diseases notifiable to local authorities under the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 are:

List of notifiable organisms

The causative organisms which the laboratories shall notify to the proper authority under the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 are:

See also

References
  1. "Notifiable diseases and causative organisms: how to report". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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