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Lead exposure in children: surveillance reports (from 2021)

Results of laboratory-based surveillance of elevated blood lead concentrations in children in England.

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From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published:
26 October 2021
Last updated:
22 December 2025
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  1. News reference 15 added; various annotations reformatted and images upgraded.

  2. Added HPR 19(12) annual report for 2024.

  3. Added HPR 18(10) annual report presenting data for 2023.

  4. LEICSS privacy noted added.

  5. Corrected US CDC intervention level.

  6. Added HPR 17(13) annual report presenting data for 2022.

  7. Added 'Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) annual report, 2022', presenting 2021 data.

  8. Added version 2 (with privacy notice) of 'Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) annual report, 2021'.

  9. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) annual report, 2025

Ref: HPR 19(12)

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

Ref: HPR 18(10)

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Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) annual report, 2023

Ref: HPR 17(13)

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Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) annual report, 2022

Ref: UKHSA publications gateway number: GOV-14015; HPR 17(1)

PDF, 578 KB, 41 pages

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Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) annual report, 2021

Ref: UKHSA publications gateway number: GW-10244; HPR 15(17)

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LEICSS privacy notice

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The aims of the Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) are to identify cases of children resident in England with elevated blood lead concentrations, to initiate timely public health action for individual cases, and to inform public health interventions to prevent further exposures.

Previous annual reports, and other LEICSS-related reports, were published by Public Health England (PHE).

LEICSS is a component of the environmental public health surveillance system (EPHSS), part of the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) environmental public health tracking (EPHT) arrangements.

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