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The Communicable Diseases Branch develops policy to help with the surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases. As well as advising the Government about individual diseases and immunisation, the branch works to ensure the safety of donated blood supplies, to prepare disease outbreak plans, and to monitor disease levels elsewhere in the world. Information about the organisational structure of the Communicable Diseases Branch and the current training opportunities can be found here, as can links to all areas of this website for which the branch is responsible.
MHRA seeks views on making information about medicines available online
MHRA have commissioned an online discussion site asking whether key information about medicines should be available online.
The discussion site, aimed at healthcare professionals and the public, asks whether it is a good idea to make the MHRA’s definitive database of patient information leaflets (PILs) and Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) available online and, if so, what the site should look like.
About the latest developments in the strategy for combatting infectious diseases, from Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer.
The Communicable Diseases Branch, with independent advisory committees, develops policy to monitor, prevent and control a wide range of infectious diseases. Many of the diseases have dedicated areas on the Department of Health website.
People who are travelling outside the UK may need to be vaccinated against some of the serious diseases that are found in other parts of the world.
