Open AccessThe Health Protection Agency takes over from the PHLS in England and Wales
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.07.14.02198-en
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , health protection , communicable disease , emergency planning , control (management) , public administration , environmental health , political science , emergency management , medicine , public health , management , nursing , sociology , law , social science , economics
The new Health Protection Agency (www.hpa.org.uk) came into operation on 1 April in England and Wales. It draws together a range of existing organisations and staff working in the surveillance, control and research of communicable diseases, emergency planning, and chemical incident handling, including: