Notifications of infectious diseases (NOIDs)
Notifications about suspected infectious diseases, collected by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Weekly NOIDS reports have been temporarily suspended
UKHSA is currently rolling out a new case and incident management system to support the function and capabilities of our health protection teams. We have paused weekly NOIDS reports whilst we assess the data provided by the new system. NOIDs publication will be brought back up to date as soon as these data checks are complete. Public health action is being taken on notifications as we receive them.
Registered medical practitioners in England and Wales have a statutory duty to notify their local authority or local health protection team of suspected cases of certain infectious diseases.
All laboratories in England performing a primary diagnostic role must notify the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) when they confirm a notifiable organism.
UKHSA collects these notifications and publishes analyses of local and national trends every week.
Scarlet fever and group A streptococcus
Cases of scarlet fever are taking longer to appear in our published data after initial processing and review.
Our teams are working at pace to ensure published data reflects all formal notifications received in recent weeks and local authority data will be updated once full data entry has occurred. In the meantime, our real-time GP Syndromic Surveillance data reflects current trends.
Any public health action, where necessary, is taken when UKHSA is informed of a case of invasive streptococcal infection. UKHSA teams continue to manage outbreaks of scarlet fever, irrespective of whether it has been entered into the Notifications of infectious diseases (NOIDs) report, and have carried out all necessary public health interventions needed to reduce further transmission in outbreaks, especially in vulnerable settings such as schools and nurseries.
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Last updated 26 July 2024 + show all updates
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Added note about the new case and incident management system.
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Removed the pre-election notice.
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Update on publishing in pre-election period.
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Updated scarlet fever text.
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Added link to Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2024.
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Added Notifiable diseases: causative agents reports for 2024.
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Added notifiable diseases reports for 2023.
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Added Notifiable diseases: causative agents reports for 2023.
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Added information on scarlet fever and group A streptococcus.
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Updated monkeypox information.
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Added causative agents reports and weekly reports for 2022.
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Added link to 'Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2021'.
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Added link to 'Notifiable diseases: causative agents report for 2021'.
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Added 'Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2020'.
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Added 'Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2019'.
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