Purpose
The purpose of this document is to describe the Standard Operating Procedure and IPC measures required for managing patients with Notifiable or High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID).
High Consequence Infectious Diseases are listed here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid#list-of-high-consequence-infectious-diseases
High consequence infectious disease: country specific risk: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-disease-country-specific-risk
More Notifiable Diseases are added to the list as of 06/04/2025 which is listed here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notifiable-diseases-and-causative-organisms-how-to-report#list-of-notifiable-organisms-causative-agents
This SoP must be used for all people with suspected/confirmed cases of either of these groups of diseases. The table below offers specifics on currently prevalent diseases.