Notifications of Infectious Diseases (NOIDs)

 


 

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Who is this page for?

This page is for registered medical practitioners and other healthcare professionals responsible for notifying suspected or confirmed notifiable infectious diseases.

About Notification of Infectious Diseases (NOIDs)

Notification of Infectious Diseases (NOIDs) are a statutory requirement under public health legislation. Prompt notification enables the Public Health Agency to monitor infectious diseases, investigate incidents and outbreaks, and take action to protect public health across Northern Ireland.

Latest NOIDs report

Access the most recent Notification of Infectious Diseases (NOIDs) report, which provides weekly totals of notifiable infectious diseases report in the previous reporting period, cumulative date for the current year and comparison of pervious years.

For the latest NOIDs reports,

Notifications of Infectious Diseases and how to notify

List of  NOIDs - there are 36 diseases currently classified as 'notifiable' click on the full list here.

  • statutory notification requirements
  • when to notify
  • how to submit a notification
  • notification forms

Who should notify

Doctors are legally required to report suspected cases to the Director of Public Health to detect outbreaks quickly, start contact tracing, and investigate public health risks.

A clinical suspicion is enough - accuracy of diagnosis is not required at the time of reporting. If diagnosis changes, the notification can be updated.

Legislation

Legal measures may be taken if necessary, such us excluding food handlers with infectious diseases. Food poisoning notifications include those formally notified by clinicians and reports of salmonella, campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Listeria and E. coli O157 informally ascertained from laboratories.

The prime purpose of the notifications system is to detect possible outbreaks, to initiate contact tracing, eg tuberculosis and meningococcal disease, and to trigger investigation, eg food poisoning, rapidly.

NOIDs reports archive

Access previous Notifications of Infectious Diseases (NOIDs) reports below.

 

How the Public Health Agency (PHA) helps

The Public Health Agency monitors notifications of infectious diseases across Northern Ireland to identify, detect outbreaks, coordinate public health action and support the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

Key resources