Guidance

Pre-release access list: mandatory HCAI statistical releases

Updated 3 October 2023

List of Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) staff who receive pre-release access to UKHSA Mandatory HCAI (MRSA bacteraemia, MSSA bacteraemia, E. coli bacteraemia, Klebsiella spp bacteraemia, P. aeruginosa bacteraemia and Clostridioides difficile infection) statistical releases (or who are copied) for the purpose of briefing ministers.

Note that ministers are briefed to enable them to answer questions at the time of release.

Statistical staff producing or quality assuring these releases are not included.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

  • Chief Medical Officer
  • NHS Chief Executive
  • Minister on Duty
  • Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Health
  • Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health
  • Special Advisors to Secretary of State for Health (X2)
  • HCAI Policy Manager (X2)
  • Press Officer – HCAI (x2)
  • Health Protection Analyst
  • IPC and AMR programme team Lead
  • Lead on HCAI and AMR

UK Health Security Agency

  • Chief Executive
  • Private Secretary to Chief Executive
  • Chief Medical Advisor
  • Head of Profession for Statistics
  • Senior IPC Healthcare Scientist in NHSE national IPC team
  • Deputy Chief Executive or Chief Operating Officer
  • Director for Communications
  • Head of Parliamentary Accountability
  • Parliamentary and Briefings Officer
  • Deputy Director HCAI and AMR Division
  • Head of Surveillance, HCAI and AMR Division
  • Press Officer: HCAI (x2)

In addition to the above, statistical releases including independent sector data are also pre-released to:

Association of Independent Healthcare Organisations

  • Practice and Policy Manager