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Health Protection Agency
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Health Protection Agency
The
Health Protection Agency
(HPA) was a
non-departmental public body
in the
United Kingdom
. It was an organisation that was set up by the
UK government
in 2003 to protect the public in
England
from threats to their health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards. It did this by providing advice and information to the general public, to health professionals such as doctors and nurses, and to national and local government. There were four HPA centres - at
Porton Down
in Salisbury,
Chilton
in Didcot,
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).
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