Guidance

Diseases that healthcare teams in prisons and other secure settings should report to PHE

List of reportable diseases to be notified to local PHE health protection teams by prison and other detention centre healthcare teams.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 December 2013
• Last updated: 10 March 2020
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  1. 10 March 2020

     Added COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) to list of notifiable diseases.

  2. 1 April 2015

     Updated list of reportable diseases (March 2015).

  3. 1 December 2013

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 10 July 2024

Secure settings including prisons, immigration removal centers (IRC) and the children and young people secure estate (CYPSE) should notify their local health protection team (HPT) of infections and causative agents in line with the general population. Please see the general population notifiable disease list.

Documents

List of reportable diseases to be notified to HPTs by prison and other detention centre healthcare teams

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2014841

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Outbreaks and single infections should be reported to health protection teams in Public Health England’s Centres.