Consultation outcome: Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010: proposed amendments

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) ran a 4-month consultation between 12 July and 15 November 2023. That consultation sought views on updating the Health Protection Notification Regulations 2010 (HPNR).

Following analysis of consultation responses and further consultation with UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) experts, this document sets out the governments response to the consultation.

It is recommended that 8 additional infectious diseases are made notifiable under schedule 1 of the HPNR, and 10 more causative agents are made notifiable by laboratories under schedule 2. Laboratories will also be required to report negative and void test results for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), in addition to positive test results.

Subject to parliamentary approval, the HPNR will be updated on 6 April 2025.

Feedback received

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.

Original consultation

Consultation description

This consultation seeks relevant stakeholders 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

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