Can calls to NHS Direct be used for syndromic surveillance?

Vivien Hollyoak; Sally Harcourt; C. A. Joseph; Gill Smith

Can calls to NHS Direct be used for syndromic surveillance?

Vivien Hollyoak, Sally Harcourt, C. A. Joseph, Gill Smith

Nursing Midwifery and Health Department

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Abstract

This work was the start of an extremely successful and continuing collaboration between the Health Protection Agency and NHS Direct in establishing real time syndromic surveillance to identify emerging incidents and outbreaks of infection. This and related papers have been presented and cited nationally and internationally

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	178-182
Journal	Communicable Disease and Public Health
Volume	4
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Sept 2001

Keywords

influenza
public health surveillance
telephone helpline

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http://www.hpa.org.uk/cdph/issues/CDPHVol4/no3/CDPHv4n3.htm

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