Monkeypox: Doctors in England will have to notify local agencies of all suspected cases | The BMJ - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

The UK government is to amend the law to enable it to list monkeypox as a notifiable disease from 8 June 2022, officials have announced.

As a result, doctors in England will be required to notify their local council or local health protection team (HPT) if they suspect a patient has monkeypox. Laboratories must also notify the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) if the monkeypox virus is identified in a laboratory sample.

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