Policy paper

Public health protection and health security: provisional common framework

Sets out the principles and governance structure for UK-wide collaboration on health security and public health protection.

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The Common Framework on Public Health Protection and Health Security has been jointly developed and agreed between:

  • the UK government
  • the Welsh Government
  • the Scottish Government
  • the Northern Ireland Executive
  • each of the UK’s national public health agencies

It provides a formal basis and governance structure for collaboration between all parts of the UK on health security and health protection policy. It supports cooperation on issues which require UK-wide approaches, as well as on devolved issues where the sharing of knowledge and expertise is beneficial.

Published 28 October 2021