Are incidences of Lyme disease cases recorded?
A.14 – In Scotland, Lyme disease is classed as a notifiable disease. This requires that notification takes place on the basis of clinical suspicion; a diagnosis does not have to be laboratory confirmed. In the British Armed Forces, Lyme disease is likewise a reportable condition. For those employed as zookeepers, forestry workers, or in certain other types of employment, notification to the Health and Safety Executive is required. Throughout the rest of the UK, a voluntary monitoring scheme is in place by which the Health Protection Agency’s Lyme Reference Section reports only laboratory confirmed cases of Lyme disease directly to the Zoonoses Surveillance Unit. For more comprehensive information, see our “Disease Notification” section.
