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This page advises healthcare professionals working within the community, care homes or hospital environments on how to reduce the risks of hot weather to the health of people they provide care for.
This page advises those with responsibilities for people currently sleeping rough. This includes local authority teams for emergency preparedness, public health and rough sleeping, as well as non-governmental organisations, …
Actions that should be taken in the event of a non-native invasive mosquito species of public or animal health importance being detected in England.
Information for parents of eligible at-risk children aged 6 months to 11 years on COVID-19 vaccination.
Laboratory guidelines for the diagnosis of infections caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans.
The laboratory operates from Addenbrooke's Hospital and provides clinical diagnostic microbiology and public health microbiology services.
Easy read leaflet providing information on the shingles vaccine.
Guidance and additional resources about the 'opt-out' testing policy for blood-borne viruses in prisons and other secure settings.
Lyme disease, or Lyme borreliosis, is a bacterial infection spread to humans when they are bitten by an infected tick.
Details of MRL laboratory services including malaria diagnosis.
The national surveillance protocol for invasive meningococcal disease in England
A taxonomy of different incident types, modalities and outcomes in clinical imaging, MRI and nuclear medicine.
The National Mycobacterium Reference Service (NMRS) Central and North public health laboratory provides mycobacterial reference services.
Advice for those who were in The Mill pub or Zizzi restaurant in Salisbury on Sunday 4 or Monday 5 March 2018.
This report considers the results of an intercomparison conducted in 2021, in which 31 laboratories from 14 countries submitted 39 sets of detectors.
The risk to UK residents travelling to the affected areas is very low.
Information about norovirus, how it's transmitted and how to prevent it spreading.
Information on white spirit for use in responding to chemical incidents.
BBVU offers laboratory reference services and carries out research and development on hepatitis viruses, and has a remit for blood safety.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
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