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Surveillance outputs

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CfI's core functions include the collection, analysis, and interpretation of information from diverse sources and the dissemination of results and information to all those who need to know. Much of the organisation's resource is devoted to the continued delivery of high quality surveillance and the information outputs.

The following list identifies the key surveillance outputs.

  • Health Protection Report: the weekly Health Protection Report (HPR) provides regular updates on many routine surveillance activities.
  • Bacteraemia - monthly reports in HPR Bacteraemia reports - Monitoring trends in hospital-acquired infections 
  • Antimicrobial resistance - annual reports - Monitoring trends in hospital acquired infection and identifying sites requiring further investigation
  • COVER (Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly) - quarterly reports - Monitoring uptake of all routinely given paediatric vaccines
  • Enhanced pneumococcal surveillance report - 6-monthly - Monitoring burden of disease, serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of invasive pneumococcal infections in order to inform national vaccination and local prescribing policies
  • European legionella travel alerts - As required - Early detection of outbreaks and travel associated clusters of infection in Europe
  • Eurosurveillance - Weekly - Dissemination of public health outputs and bulletins on significant infectious disease incidents in Europe through open-access journal, supported by HPA advice and topic editors.
  • GRASP (Gonococcal Resistance to Antimicrobials Surveillance Programme) - Annual - Monitoring prevalence and trends of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance to aid development of rational prescribing policies
  • Prison Hepatitis B vaccination programme - monthly and quarterly reports - Monitoring Hepatitis B vaccine coverage rates in prisons in England and Wales
  • Human disease chapters of DEFRA - UK Zoonoses Reports  -  Annual - Integration of human and veterinary surveillance information, where possible, to better inform prevention strategies. In support of the Food Standards Agency's disease reduction target
  • Influenza bulletin - weekly during influenza season - Early detection of winter pressures on NHS from acute respiratory viral illness
  • MMR (measles mumps and rubella) surveillance in HPR Immunisation reports - quarterly - Monitoring impact of MMR programme on disease incidence
  • MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) tables for all acute hospital trusts in England and Wales - 6 monthly  - Monitoring trends in hospital acquired infection and identifying sites requiring further investigation. Part of the Department of Health, Health Care Associated Infection Action Plan
  • National guidance on recognition of, and response to, deliberate release of infectious disease agents  - As required - To maintain awareness and inform action required for response to episodes of deliberate release
  • Notification of infectious disease (NOIDS) reports - Weekly, quarterly, annual  - Dissemination of surveillance outputs on notifiable infectious diseases in England and Wales
  • Prisons - the Quarterly Report  on Infectious Diseases in Prisons - Provide information on communicable diseases affecting the prison population
  • Reports from food database - 6 monthly - Provide information for risk based public health assessments and interventions
  • Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services/Health Protection Agency (LACORS/HPA) studies - As required - Provide information for risk based public health assessments and interventions
  • Reports from private water supplies surveillance - 6 monthly - Provide information for risk based public health assessments and interventions
  • Review of infectious intestinal disease outbreak investigations - Three times per year  - To inform control and prevention of gastrointestinal infection
  • RCGP Research & Surveillance Centre  and NHS Direct information on gastrointestinal disease - Quarterly, annual - Inform control and prevention of gastrointestinal infection
  • HIV and STI reports - Annual - Monitoring the effectiveness of the sexual health and HIV strategy
  • Summary report on travel associated infections - Monthly - Inform the public and professionals on a series of travel health and infection topics and significant developments. Assess the burden of infectious morbidity associated with travel and to identify priority diseases, destinations and demographic groups for intervention
  • Surveillance of waterborne disease and water quality - 6 monthly - Provide information for risk based public health assessments and interventions
  • Survey of Prevalent Diagnosed HIV Infections (SOPHID) report - Annual  - Monitoring the effectiveness of the sexual health and HIV strategy and allowing planning of HIV treatment cost allocations
  • Unlinked anonymous reports  on HIV prevalence - Annual - Monitoring the effectiveness of the sexual health and HIV strategy and implementation of antenatal HIV screening policies