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Notifiable Diseases
Purpose of Policy:
The nursery has a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of all children.
Policy:
The list given below are diseases notifiable (to Local Authority Proper Officers) under the Health
Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010:
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Acute encephalitis
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Malaria
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Acute infectious hepatitis
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Measles
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Acute meningitis
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Meningococcal septicaemia
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Acute poliomyelitis
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Mumps
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Anthrax
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Plague
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Botulism
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Rabies
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Brucellosis
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Rubella
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Cholera
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SARS
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Diphtheria
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Scarlet fever
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Enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid fever)
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Smallpox
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Food poisoning
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Tetanus
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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS)
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Tuberculosis
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Infectious bloody diarrhoea
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Typhus
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Invasive group A streptococcal disease
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Viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF)
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Legionnaires’ Disease
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Whooping cough
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Leprosy
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Yellow fever
If there is a case of any of the above illnesses, the local Health Protection Agency must be informed
as soon as reasonably possible:
Unit 8, Fulcrum 2, Solent Way, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 7FN
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Tel: 03442 253 861, Wessex Area, Option 1 then 4.
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Out of Hours Advice
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To contact a public health professional in an emergency out of hours; in the evenings, at weekends
or during bank holidays, please phone: 0844 9670082
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Ofsted must also be informed as soon as reasonably possible and within 14 days on: 0300 123 1231
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If there is a case of any of the above illnesses a letter will also go out to parents informing them
that a child has been diagnosed with the illness. Information on signs and symptoms and
information will also be provided in the letter.
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The identity of the child who has fallen ill must not be disclosed and will remain anonymous.
For details of exclusion periods, please refer to the ‘Sickness and Absence’ policy.
Review Date:
01/06/16
Signed:
C Goodman
Next Review Due:
31/05/17
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