Notifiable illness - what do you need to notify?

[alison222]

I can't remember where I filed my list.
one of my mindees has hand foot and mouth. Its not on there is it.
From memory I don't think so but was hoping one of you lovely people could tell me for definate

Don't know anyone who has ever notified anyone else about anything their mindees have had, so can't help!

I expect parents would worry if you had plague!

I was under the impression that anything you had that was notifiable would be "bad enough" for you to see a GP, and that therefore they are responsible for notifying it, not the individual affected.

Thanks locket - i had gooogled but just kept getting stuff about food poisoning

prisoner - there is a list of diseases that you are supposed to notify the health authority about if any child you look after gets. i know that most of them are really horrid, but one of them is scarlet fever - and there was an outbreak of that in the area this time last year. The schools are also supposed to notify if anyone has anything on the list too

I understand about the list etc., but still thought that your GP reported stuff (or don't people see their GPs for things like scarlet fever any more?? - God, I must be getting old!)

As a parent you don't have to notify but as a childminder or other childcare worker you probably do same as the schools.

I stand corrected I know you are supposed to tell the GP, I am thinking of the notifying as the bit they (GP) have to do.