A Syndromic Surveillance Service Supporting Environmental Public Health Incidents
Author(s) -
Alex J. Elliot,
Helen E. Hughes,
Roger Morbey,
Paul Loveridge,
Sally Harcourt,
Sue Smith,
Zharain Bawa,
Leandro Carrilho,
Gillian Smith
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
online journal of public health informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1947-2579
DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5792
Subject(s) - public health , public health surveillance , medicine , service (business) , medical emergency , environmental health , business , nursing , marketing
This paper describes the national syndromic surveillance delivered by the Public Health England Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team. We demonstrate how this service is increasingly responding to, and providing public health support for, a range of environmental incidents. Case studies of a number of incidents are illustrated.
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