CM030 - COMMUNITY - CHILD HEALTH AND IMMUNISATION FOR PRIMARY CARE TRUSTS

1. This diagram illustrates a PRIMARY CARE TRUSTS information requirements for two types of HEALTH PROGRAMME, immunisation and screening.

2. An IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME is aimed at a specific group of individuals, often within a pre-defined age band, to maintain an adequate level of immunity against a particular disease.

3. For SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMMES, the broad objective is to monitor health and development. This involves an assessment of a selected group of the population by means of practical and uniform observations and measurements which can be applied rapidly.

4. Once a group is selected for surveillance, the type of assessment performed is often related to the age of the SURVEILLANCE AGE GROUP. There may be one or more SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STAGES in a SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME. Each SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STAGE relates to a specific age band, SURVEILLANCE AGE GROUP, and to one or more HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

5. Because SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STAGES cannot be precisely defined to meet the needs of every PRIMARY CARE TRUST, each PRIMARY CARE TRUST will define its SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMMES and such SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STAGES that are necessary to monitor the health of its targeted resident population.

6. PRIMARY CARE TRUSTS may contract one or more HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS to provide services within the framework of an IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME or a SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STAGE and providers will need to collect relevant information to be able to deliver these SERVICES (see CM040).