Guidance

Flu and acute respiratory illness in prisons and secure settings: information for staff

How to respond to cases of seasonal flu in prisons, including vaccination, treatment and managing outbreaks.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 October 2013
• Last updated: 6 April 2022
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  1. 6 April 2022

     Added Management of acute respiratory illness in prisons and places of detention guidance and flowchart (moved from previous landing page).

  2. 8 October 2021

     Updated with guidance for 2021 to 2022.

  3. 7 October 2020

     Updated guidance for 2020 to 2021 flu season.

  4. 14 October 2019

     Replaced the guidance with the latest version (2019 to 2020).

  5. 31 October 2018

     Added latest version of document.

  6. 28 September 2017

     Updated with guidance for 2017 to 2018 flu season.

  7. 25 October 2016

     Uploaded 2016 to 2017 version

  8. 24 September 2015

     Updated with guidance for 2015 to 2016 flu season.

  9. 7 November 2014

     Updated in line with current guidance.

  10. 1 October 2013

      First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 4 November 2022

The information of this guidance has been superseded by information in Acute respiratory illness, including flu and COVID-19 in prisons.

Applies to England

Documents

[Withdrawn] Flu in prisons and secure settings

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[Withdrawn] Management of acute respiratory illness in prisons and places of detention

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[Withdrawn] Flowchart: management of acute respiratory illness in prisons and places of detention

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Details

This guidance is for staff in prisons and other secure settings in England, including:

• prison governors and directors
• prison healthcare staff
• NHS England area teams
• UKHSA health protection teams
• immigration removal centre healthcare teams
• staff in secure training centres

Separate guidance is available for flu in the children and young people’s secure estate.