Health Protection Agency (special health authority) and National Radiological Protection Board
Dissolved
2013
Superseding agency
Public Health England
Jurisdiction
England
Headquarters
London SW1
Employees
3,155 (2,831 at HPA and 324 NRPB)
Annual budget
£244.7 million (2008–2009)
Minister responsible
Secretary of State for Health
Parent agency
Department of Health
Website
www.hpa.org.uk
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) was a non-departmental public body in England.[1] It was set up by the UK government in 2003 to protect the public from threats to their health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards.[2]
The HPA's role was to provide an integrated approach to protecting public health in the UK. It did this by providing advice and information to the general public, health professionals and local government, and by providing emergency services, support and advice to the National Health Service (NHS) and the Department of Health. The HPA also had a lead role in helping preparations for new and emerging health threats, such as a bioterrorism or emerging virulent disease strains.
There were four HPA centres – at Porton Down in Salisbury, Chilton in Oxfordshire, South Mimms in Hertfordshire, and Colindale in NW London. In addition, the HPA had regional laboratories across England and administrative headquarters in Central London. On 1 April 2013, the HPA minus the South Mimms site became part of Public Health England, a new executive agency of the Department of Health (DoH). The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) located in South Mimms was merged with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
^The Health Protection Agency Act 2004, section 1(1)
^"Health Protection Agency".
and 28 Related for: Health Protection Agency information
The HealthProtectionAgency (HPA) was a non-departmental public body in England. It was set up by the UK government in 2003 to protect the public from...
Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a government agency in the United Kingdom, responsible since April 2021 for England-wide public healthprotection and...
The Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President...
outlined in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It took on the role of the HealthProtectionAgency, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse...
The Pentagon Force ProtectionAgency (PFPA) is a federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) charged with protecting and...
the British HealthProtectionAgency (HPA) is that "there is no consistent evidence to date that Wi-Fi and WLANs adversely affect the health of the general...
The HealthProtectionAgency Act 2004 (c. 17) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 1 (1) provides that there is a body corporate...
The California Environmental ProtectionAgency (CalEPA) is a state cabinet-level agency within the government of California. The mission of CalEPA is to...
and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The agency's main goal is the protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA; /ˈoʊʃə/) is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal...
Infect Dis. 24 (6): 1118–21. doi:10.1086/513636. PMID 9195067. HealthProtectionAgency, Group A Streptococcus Working Group (2004). "Interim UK guidelines...
Protection Act. On 1 April 2005, NRPB became the Radiation Protection Division of the HealthProtectionAgency (HPA). Under the terms of the Health and...
peaking at 110,000 in the last week of that month, according to The HealthProtectionAgency's modelling estimate, but declining sharply in the first week of...
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) based in Riverdale, Maryland...
fluorescent lamps emit ultraviolet radiation.[citation needed] The HealthProtectionAgency of the United Kingdom has conducted research concluding that exposure...
Kingdom's HealthProtectionAgency (HPA) announced that significant quantities of polonium-210 had been found in Mario Scaramella although his health was found...
The Spanish Data ProtectionAgency (AEPD, Spanish: Agencia Española de Protección de Datos) is an independent agency of the government of Spain which...
Retrieved 9 May 2016. "Gastroenteritis and Noroviruses—Dr Jim Grey, HealthProtectionAgency". The Naked Scientists. 9 December 2007. Archived from the original...
products—particularly in areas where public health or safety is an issue, such as with food or automobiles. Consumer protection is linked to the idea of consumer...
Federal HealthAgency (German: Bundesgesundheitsamt) was a federal government agency and the central research institution for public health in Germany...
apprehension about the product on the part of the HealthProtectionAgency and Food Standards Agency, officials confiscated all ice cream that contained...
left to burn rather than attempting to extinguish it again. The HealthProtectionAgency and the Major Incident Investigation Board provided advice to prevent...
Department of Health Services Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Arkansas Department of Health California Environmental ProtectionAgency California...
Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS) is a collection of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services concerned with public health, containing...
by the Norovirus Working Group in the HealthProtectionAgency, together with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, accelerated hydrogen peroxide has been...
"Laser pointers". Federal Office of Public Health. Retrieved 12 October 2019. The UK HealthProtectionAgency's Laser Pointer Infosheet Archived 13 June...
The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) is a regulatory agency under the Commonwealth of Australia that aims to protect...
Global Information