Official Statistics

Pre-release access for the weekly national flu and COVID-19 surveillance report

Updated 25 April 2024

Applies to England

Each week, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) publishes a report on influenza, COVID-19 and other respiratory illness on Thursday at 2pm.

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
  • Chief of Staff Private Office
  • Director General, Data Analytics and Surveillance
  • Director of Communications
  • Deputy Director Operational Communications
  • Head of News
  • Senior Communications Manager
  • Consultant Epidemiologist
  • Senior Epidemiologist
  • Deputy Director for Statistics Production and Head of Profession for Statistics
  • Head of Vaccines Analysis
  • Assistant Head of Countermeasures Supply and Operations
  • Deputy Head, Assessment
  • Consultant Clinical Virologist
  • Seasonal Flu Lead
  • Project manager, Vaccine Implementation
  • 2 Senior Health Analysts
  • National Alert and Assessment Head Analyst
  • Data Scientist
  • Strategic Communications Senior Manager
  • Senior Communications Manager, Emergency Response
  • Senior Communications Manager
  • Communications Officer
  • Government Communication Service Apprentice, Communications Officer

Department of Health

  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary
  • Chief Scientific Adviser
  • Chief Medical Officer
  • 2 Deputy Chief Medical Officer
  • 3 Private Secretary to the Chief Medical Officer
  • Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
  • Private Secretary to the Minister of State
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy
  • Assistant to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy
  • Director General, Global and Public Health
  • Director, Health Protection Strategy and Vaccines Directorate
  • Deputy Director, COVID-19 and Flu Deployment,Uptake and Alignment
  • Deputy Director, Adult Social Care
  • Deputy Director
  • Science Research and Evidence Official
  • 5 Statistics and Data Science officials
  • C3 Data Intel Lead (Team 1)
  • Senior Policy Advisor, COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment
  • Head of Flu Strategy
  • Head of Flu Policy
  • Senior Policy Advisor
  • Senior Press Officer
  • 3 Press Officers

No. 10 Office

  • Prime Minister (PM)
  • Deputy Parliamentary Private Secretary to the PM 
  • Special Advisor to the PM (Political)
  • Chief Press Officer 
  • Senior Policy Adviser for Health and Social Care
  • Director, Policy Unit 
  • Director, Delivery Unit
  • Deputy Director, PM Delivery Unit Health Team 
  • 2 Data Scientists
  • 2 PM Delivery Unit Health Team 

Cabinet Office

  • Director, Joint Data and Analysis Centre (JDAC)
  • Deputy Director, Joint Data and Analysis Centre (JDAC)
  • Lead Health Analysis, JDAC
  • Senior analyst
  • Analyst, Joint Data and Analysis Centre (JDAC)
  • Analyst
  • Operational Researcher
  • 2 Data scientists

NHS England

  • Chief of Staff, Vaccinations and Screening
  • Medical Director of Primary Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement
  • Director of Public Health Commissioning and Operations
  • Director of Operations and Delivery, COVID Vaccination Programme
  • National Director for Vaccinations and Screening
  • Head of Public Health Commissioning and Operations, Flu
  • Head of Operational Performance, COVID Vaccination Healthcare Workers
  • Modelling and Data Lead Vaccine Deployment
  • Senior Strategic Communications Manager
  • Communications and Publications Manager
  • Policy and Implementation Programme Manager
  • Senior Advisor, NHS Chairs, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Statistics Analyst
  • Consultant Epidemiologist (Scotland)
  • Consultant Epidemiologist (Northern Ireland)
  • Consultant Epidemiologist (Wales)