Research and analysis

Authorship and citation

Published 9 October 2025

Applies to England

All the below members of the TB Unit contributed to the production of this report.

Suggested citation

Sharon E Cox, Orla Presslie, Abdul-Hakeem Khan, Mailis Maes, Jo Hardstaff, Loes Wals Griffith, Amal Farah, Mia-Jayne Simmons, Adil Mirza, Sean D’Costa, Muneeb Shahryar (National Border Health Care Unit), Emily Shaw, Martin Dedicoat, Jessica Townsend, Sarah Murphy, Tracey Langham, Sarah Kaestle, Amy Smith, Suzi Coles, Lauren Ahyow, Kazim Beebeejaun, and Esther R Robinson. Tuberculosis in England, 2025 report (data up to end of 2024). October 2025, National TB Unit, UK Heath Security Agency, London.

Lead and senior authors for report series chapters

Executive summary

Sharon E Cox and Esther R Robinson.

TB incidence and epidemiology in England, 2024

Abdul-Hakeem Khan, Kazim Beebeejaun, Sharon E Cox and Esther R Robinson.

TB prevention in England, 2024

Orla Presslie, Mia-Jayne Simmons, Muneeb Shahryar (Pre-entry screening of TB), Jo Hardstaff (NHS England Latent TB Infection Testing and Treatment programme), Loes Wals Griffith (Contact tracing of TB index cases, BCG), Suzi Coles, Sharon E Cox and Esther R Robinson.

TB diagnosis and microbiology in England, 2024

Mailis Maes and Esther R Robinson.

TB treatment and outcomes in England, 2024

Sharon E Cox, Amal Farah, Orla Presslie and Esther R Robinson.

TB in children and adolescents in England, 2024

Jo Hardstaff, Kazim Beebeejaun and Esther R Robinson.

Database management and data cleaning and curation

Adil Mirza and Sean D’Costa (overall database management and cleaning); Mailis Maes, Orla Presslie, Abdul-Hakeem Khan and Sharon E Cox (National TB Surveillance analytical 2000 to 2024 data set creation); Jo Hardstaff and Loes Wals Griffith (NHSE LTBI data set 2024 curation); Orla Presslie, Mia-Jayne Simmons and Muneeb Shahryar (TB pre-entry screening data set 2024 curation).