Schedule 1Scheduled medical conditions

# Schedule 1 Scheduled medical conditions Schedule 1 Scheduled medical conditions (Section 51) Definitions In this Schedule— birth means the birth of a child who has breathed after delivery. delivery, in relation to a child or still-born child, means the complete expulsion or extraction of the child or still-born child from the mother. perinatal death means— > (a) the death of a child on the day of his or her birth or within the next succeeding 28 days, or > (b) a still-birth. still-birth means the birth of a child that exhibits no sign of respiration or heartbeat, or other sign of life, after delivery and that— > (a) is of at least 20 weeks’ gestation, or > (b) if it cannot be reliably established whether the period of gestation is more or less than 20 weeks, has a body mass of at least 400 grams at birth. Category 1 Acute rheumatic fever Birth Congenital malformation (as described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) in a child under the age of one year Cystic fibrosis in a child under the age of one year Hypothyroidism in a child under the age of one year Perinatal death Phenylketonuria in a child under the age of one year Pregnancy with a child having a congenital malformation (as described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems), cystic fibrosis, hypothyroidism, thalassaemia major or phenylketonuria Rheumatic heart disease in a person under the age of 35 years Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Thalassaemia major in a child under the age of one year Category 2 Acute viral hepatitis Adverse event following immunisation Asbestosis Avian influenza in humans Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) Foodborne illness in two or more related cases Gastroenteritis among people of any age in an institution (for example, among persons in educational or residential institutions) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection Leprosy Measles Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus Mpox Pertussis (whooping cough) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Smallpox *Streptococcus pyogenes* associated toxic shock syndrome (STSS) *Streptococcus pyogenes* detected and associated with necrotising fasciitis *Streptococcus pyogenes* detected and associated with puerperal or neonatal sepsis Syphilis Tuberculosis Viral haemorrhagic fevers Category 3 Anthrax Arboviral infections Avian influenza in humans Botulism Brucellosis Buruli ulcer (*Mycobacterium ulcerans* infection) Campylobacter infection Cancer *Candida auris* infection and colonisation Carbapenemase-producing *Enterobacterales* infection and colonisation Chancroid Chlamydia Cholera Congenital malformation (as described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) COVID-19 (also known as Novel Coronavirus 2019) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) Cryptosporidiosis Cystic fibrosis Diphtheria Donovanosis Gonorrhoea *Haemophilus influenzae* type b Hendra virus infection Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D (delta) Hepatitis E Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection Hypothyroidism in a child under the age of one year Influenza Invasive group A streptococcal disease (iGAS) Invasive pneumococcal infection Lead in blood (as defined by a blood lead level of or above 5µg/dL) *Legionella* infections Leprosy Leptospirosis Listeriosis Lymphogranuloma venereum Lyssavirus Malaria Measles Meningococcal infections Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus Mpox Mumps Paratyphoid Pertussis (whooping cough) Phenylketonuria Plague Poliomyelitis Pregnancy with a child having a congenital malformation (as described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems), cystic fibrosis, hypothyroidism, thalassaemia major or phenylketonuria Psittacosis Q fever Rabies Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Rotavirus Rubella Salmonella infections Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Shiga toxin-producing and Vero toxin-producing *Escherichia coli* infection (STEC/VTEC) Shigellosis Smallpox Syphilis Thalassaemia major Tuberculosis Tularaemia Typhoid Vibriosis Viral haemorrhagic fevers Yellow fever Category 4 Avian influenza in humans Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus Mpox Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Tuberculosis Typhoid Viral haemorrhagic fevers Category 5 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection **sch 1:** Am 2012 (198), cl 3 (1)–(3); 2012 (569), cl 3; 2013 (560), cl 3 (1); 2014 (268), cl 3; 2014 (677), cl 3 (1) (2); 2015 (591), cl 3 (1); 2016 (67), cl 3; 2016 (132), cl 3; 2017 (129), cl 3; 2018 (644), cl 3 (1); 2019 (93), cl 3; 2020 (17), cl 3(1); 2020 (107), cl 3(1) (2); 2020 (296), cl 3(1) (2); 2020 (749), cl 3; 2022 (241), sec 3(1); 2022 (470), sec 3; 2023 (442), sec 3(1) (2); 2024 (456), Sch 1; 2024 (497), Sch 1\[1\] \[2\]; 2025 (19), Sch 1\[1\]–\[3\].