Public health outputs from the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit and similar clinician-based systems.

The article focuses on the public health outputs from the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit and similar clinician-based systems. The unit is therefore conceived as an active surveillance mechanism and an efficient way of focusing reporting through a single channel. The public health outputs include, informing policy decisions on screening, providing information for clinical governance, monitoring the progress of public health interventions and responding to public health emergencies.