Reporting new cases to public health teams

To help prevent any possible spread of CJD between people, local clinicians should also inform their local health protection/public health team (the Consultant in Public Health Medicine/Communicable Disease Control or equivalent) about all new suspect cases of all types of CJD. This is vital as a local response may be required with respect to potential secondary transmission, infection control, and any issues that may arise over time concerning the protection of the wider community. A reporting form for clinicians is provided below.

The health protection team will then help investigate and manage any public risk. Guidance on the public health actions to be taken upon being informed of a new case of CJD or person at increased risk of CJD, is available at the link below. For advice relating to implementation of the guidance please contact the CJD teams at UK Health Security Agency (Dr Katy Sinka, Consultant Scientist, tel: 0208 327 6411; e-mail: Katy.Sinka@ukhsa.gov.uk) or Public Health Scotland.