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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