Guidance

Hepatitis B household contract tracing pilot

Documents relating to a chronic hepatitis B contact tracing pilot.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 30 January 2026

Applies to England

Documents

Information for those newly diagnosed

Ref: UKHSA gateway number 2025843

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Hepatitis B: information for people identified as close contacts

Ref: UKHSA gateway number 2025842

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Details

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is running a pilot programme to undertake the process of chronic hepatitis B contact tracing directly in two regions: North London and the West Midlands.

The pilot aims to contact people newly diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B in these areas by phone, to identify people close to them, for example household family and sexual contacts, who may be at risk of acquiring hepatitis B. We will offer those close contacts hepatitis B testing through a home sampling oral fluid test kit and help arrange vaccination to provide lifelong protection against hepatitis B.

This is a time-limited pilot of hepatitis B contact tracing and is led by UKHSA’s national hepatitis team, in collaboration with clinical hepatology and primary care services in North London and the West Midlands. This is not a nationwide project.

Published 30 January 2026