Collection

Notifications of infectious diseases (NOIDs)

Notifications about suspected infectious diseases, collected by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
24 July 2014
Last updated
7 November 2024 — See all updates

Weekly NOIDS reports have been resumed

UKHSA has rolled out a new case and incident management system to support the function and capabilities of our health protection teams. UKHSA paused publication of notifiable diseases weekly reports after week 26 while data checks were carried out. These checks have now been completed and the NOIDs weekly report has been reinstated.

Due to changes in the way in which the data is now processed and mapped, including local authority codes that have been updated to the latest geographies, it would be inaccurate to compare data since week 27 to historic reports.

Further refinements to how data is displayed and processed will be carried out over time and its overall quality improved. Public health action is taken on notifications as we receive them and is not impacted by the change in the system.

Causative agent reporting has been unaffected.

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 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 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.

UKHSA teams continue to manage outbreaks of scarlet fever, irrespective of whether it has been entered into NOIDs, 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.

For scarlet fever notifications that are published, it is inaccurate to compare data since week 27 to historic reports due to a change in the way that notifications are processed.

Guidance

Report a notifiable disease

Reports

Updates to this page

Published 24 July 2014
Last updated 7 November 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated call-out box to highlight resumption of weekly reporting.

  2. Removed outdated pages and added the Notifiable diseases detailed guide, notifiable organisms detailed guide and the service start page.

  3. Added note about the new case and incident management system.

  4. Removed the pre-election notice.

  5. Update on publishing in pre-election period.

  6. Updated scarlet fever text.

  7. Added link to Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2024.

  8. Added Notifiable diseases: causative agents reports for 2024.

  9. Added notifiable diseases reports for 2023.

  10. Added Notifiable diseases: causative agents reports for 2023.

  11. Added information on scarlet fever and group A streptococcus.

  12. Updated monkeypox information.

  13. Added causative agents reports and weekly reports for 2022.

  14. Added link to 'Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2021'.

  15. Added link to 'Notifiable diseases: causative agents report for 2021'.

  16. Added 'Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2020'.

  17. Added 'Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2019'.

  18. First published.

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