Pre-release access list: report for 2025
Updated 30 July 2026
For this release, an incorrect pre-release access list was used inadvertently. This published list captures post-holders who received access to the documents during the pre-release access period, including some who would not normally be included for this statistic. Procedures are being checked by the Head of Profession team to reduce the risk of this being repeated.
The following post holders are given pre-release access 24 hours prior to release. Staff involved in the production of the document are excluded from pre-release access restrictions.
UK Health Security Agency
Chief Executive
Chief Medical Adviser
Head of Profession for Statistics
Director, Radiation, Chemical, Climate and Environmental Hazards
Director of Communications
Deputy Director, External Affairs & Media
Head of News
Senior Communications Officer
Senior Communications Manager
Communications Officer
Director, Health Protection in the Regions
Senior Policy Adviser for Climate and Health Security
Head of Climate and Endemic Disease Policy
Department of Health and Social Care
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State x 2
Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)
Ministers of State x 2
Ministerial Special Advisers
Permanent Secretary
Private Secretary to Director General for Global and Public Health
Director for Emergency and Health Protection
Deputy Director, Head of Environmental Hazards
Chief Media Relations Officer
Interim Head of Media
Media Officer