The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 No 7359 p108
23 July 2005

This article
Reprint   Photocopy

  Acrobat Reader

News summary

Public health register to be set up after London bombs

The Health Protection Agency is to establish a register of those people who were physically exposed to the effects of the explosions that occurred in London on 7 July.

The HPA says that the risk of long-term adverse effects arising from exposure to chemicals or blood in the incident is low but wants to monitor those involved as a precaution. Inclusion in the register will be voluntary. Information on those exposed will be collected from a variety of sources including health care providers who provided treatment following the explosions.