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Environmental public health surveillance system

An environmental public health surveillance system that helps collect and collate environmental hazard and health outcome data.

Documents

Environmental public health surveillance system (EPHSS): an introduction

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UKHSA바카라 사이트™s Environmental Public Health Surveillance System (EPHSS), launched in 2020, supports the Agency바카라 사이트™s monitoring of environmental exposures that are hazardous to health and the collation of related health outcome data.

EPHSS currently comprises four modules concerned with:

  • environmental events surveillance
  • lead exposure in children (LEICSS)
  • collation of Met Office data
  • collation of food contamination data

Recent reports

Environmental Public Health Surveillance System (EPHSS) report for 2021 to 2023

Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) annual report, 2024

Guidance for investigating non-infectious disease clusters from potential environmental causes

Further details of are available in the 2018 report.

Updates to this page

Published 1 January 2011
Last updated 29 May 2025 show all updates
  1. Added summary surveillance report 2021 to 2023. Page title changed (from Environmental Public Health Tracking).

  2. Added recent activity and reports section.

  3. Added EPHSS 2020 to 2021 report.

  4. Added: 'Environmental Public Health Tracking in England: Report on recent activities', and updated 'Environmental public health surveillance system (EPHSS)'.

  5. Added link to new 'Lead exposure in children: surveillance reports'.

  6. Updating the surveillance system description to its current status.

  7. First published.

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