Consists of papers sent to delegates intended for discussion at the 2nd Meeting of the Chief Medical Officer's Communicable Disease Strategy Education, Infrastructure and Training Sub-Group held on 12 July 1999.

Includes;

Agenda and covering correspondence, including apologies and queries on the submission of papers;

Draft paper by Dr Nicky Connor and Dr Jane Leese of the Department of Health, entitled 'Communicable Disease Functions, Roles and Responsibilities';

Paper by Ruth Cuthbert of the National Health Service (NHS) Executive entitled 'Commissioning in the New NHS';

Paper by Dr Elizabeth Howarth, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control at Buckinghamshire Health Authority, entitled 'Problems in Commissioning for the Control of Communicable/Infectious Disease';

Paper by Dr Diana Walford, Director of the PHLS, entitled 'Microbiology and Primary Care: An Ideal Relationship';

Paper by Dr Robert George, Director of PHLS' Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory, entitled 'Issues in Diagnosis, Surveillance and Monitoring of Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) that does not Present to Hospital';

Paper by Dr Tony Howard, Group Director PHLS Wales, Dr Ian Hosein, Chairman of Microbiology Standing Specialist Advisory Group, Dr Chris Cefai, Consultant Medical Microbiologist for Wrexham Maelor Hospital, and Dr Roland Salmon, Regional Epidemiologist of CDSC Wales, entitled 'Medical Microbiology in Wales and its Public Health Outputs: A Multiagency Approach';