Closed consultation

Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010: proposed amendments

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
12 July 2023
Last updated
7 February 2024 — See all updates
This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

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Summary of responses to the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010: proposed amendments consultation

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Detail of feedback received

The Department of Health and Social Care is grateful for stakeholders’ engagement on this complex topic. We are now considering the government response.

Confirmation of any changes to the regulations will be published in due course.

The consultation received 151 responses. This included responses from a range of organisations, such as local authorities, bodies representing healthcare professionals, charities and NHS trusts.

During the consultation process, a webinar on the proposals was held with over 200 stakeholders.

There were a range of viewpoints shared on the 3 proposals outlined in the consultation. Overall, respondents generally agreed that the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 should be updated, citing benefits of improved public health protection and surveillance of disease.

Summary

This consultation seeks views on proposed amendments to the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 (HPNR).

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Consultation description

This consultation seeks relevant stakeholder’s views on proposed additions to schedule 1 and 2 of the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations (HPNR) 2010 and amendments to diagnostic laboratory reporting requirements in England. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will publish a response to this consultation in due course.

The HPNR (which apply to England only) place a statutory duty on registered medical practitioners to report suspected or known cases of notifiable infectious diseases, listed in schedule 1 of the regulations. They also require laboratories that test human samples to report any positive test results of notifiable causative agents, listed in schedule 2 of the regulations.

The government is seeking views from stakeholders on 3 proposals to update the regulations to meet current surveillance needs and support prompt and effective public health action:

  • the potential addition of 7 infectious diseases to schedule 1
  • the potential addition of 12 causative agents to schedule 2
  • the potential expansion of current reporting requirements placed on diagnostic laboratories to also report negative and void test results, in addition to positive results already required

Documents

Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010: proposed amendments

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Impact assessment: Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010: proposed amendments

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Updates to this page

Published 12 July 2023
Last updated 7 February 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added a summary of responses to the consultation.

  2. Added the consultation impact assessment.

  3. The deadline for this consultation has been extended to 11.59pm on 15 November 2023.

  4. First published.

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