Official Statistics

Pre-release access for influenza in the UK, annual epidemiological report: winter 2024 to 2025

Published 22 May 2025

The following post holders were given pre-release access prior to release. Statistical staff and those involved in the production and quality assurance of the document are excluded.

UK Health Security Agency

Chief Executive

Chief Medical Adviser

Chief of Staff

Head of Statistics Governance and Production

Head of Statistics Collaboration and Engagement

Seasonal Flu Lead, Flu immunisation team

Head of News

Senior Communications Manager x 3

Department of Health and Social Care

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Permanent Secretary

Chief Scientific Adviser

Chief Medical Officer England

Deputy Chief Medical Officer England

Private Secretary to the Chief Medical Officer

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention (and Private Office)

Deputy Director, COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines Policy

Statistics and Data Science Official

Head of flu policy

Director General, Global and Public Health

Private secretary to Director General, Global and Public Health

Seasonal Flu Policy Lead

Seasonal Flu Policy Adviser

Communications officer x 2

Devolved administrations

Chief Medical Officer (Scotland)

Senior Statistician (Scotland) x 3

Statistician (Scotland)

Communications officer (Scotland) x 2

Chief Medical Officer (Northern Ireland)

Communications officer (Northern Ireland) x 4

Chief Medical Officer (Wales)

Consultant Epidemiologist, Head of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (Wales)

National Director of Health Protection and Screening Services and Executive Medical Director (Wales)

Director of Health Protection (Wales)

Deputy National Director of Screening and Health Protection Services (Wales)

Consultant Clinical Scientist (Wales)

National Clinical Lead for Microbiology Services (Wales)

Communications officer (Wales)

NHS

National Director for Vaccinations and Screening

Head of Public Health Commissioning and Operations - Flu

Chief of Staff - Vaccinations and Screening

Senior Programme Manager

Senior Communications and Engagement Manager

Senior Strategic Communications Manager