Research and analysis

Environmental public health surveillance system

An environmental public health surveillance system that helps collect and collate environmental hazard and health outcome data.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 January 2011
• Last updated: 29 May 2025 — See all updates

Documents

Environmental public health surveillance system (EPHSS): an introduction

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Environmental Public Health Surveillance System (EPHSS) report for 2021 to 2023

Ref: HPR 19(2)

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Environmental Public Health Surveillance System (EPHSS) report for 2020 to 2021

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Details

UKHSA’s Environmental Public Health Surveillance System (EPHSS), launched in 2020, supports the Agency’s monitoring of environmental exposures that are hazardous to health and the collation of related health outcome data.

EPHSS currently comprises four modules concerned with:

• environmental events surveillance
• lead exposure in children (LEICSS)
• collation of Met Office data
• collation of food contamination data

Recent reports

Environmental Public Health Surveillance System (EPHSS) report for 2021 to 2023

Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) annual report, 2024

Investigation into acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children in England (2022): exposures from food, drink, and water sources

Guidance for investigating non-infectious disease clusters from potential environmental causes

Further details of activity and projects in UKHSA’s environmental public health tracking programme and EPHSS are available in the 2018 report.

Published 1 January 2011

Last updated 29 May 2025 + show all updates

1. 29 May 2025

   Added summary surveillance report 2021 to 2023. Page title changed (from Environmental Public Health Tracking).

2. 26 May 2023

   Added recent activity and reports section.

3. 7 March 2022

   Added EPHSS 2020 to 2021 report.

4. 10 May 2019

   Added: 'Environmental Public Health Tracking in England: Report on recent activities', and updated 'Environmental public health surveillance system (EPHSS)'.

5. 5 October 2018

   Added link to new 'Lead exposure in children: surveillance reports'.

6. 18 May 2016

   Updating the surveillance system description to its current status.

7. 1 January 2011

   First published.