Guidance and regulation

Information about UK Health Security Agency's tick awareness resources and how to take part in the Tick Surveillance Scheme.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 5 March 2024

Information about controlled drugs licences for companies that possess, manufacture, produce or supply controlled drugs in England, Wales or Scotland.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 17 May 2024

Guidance for people aged 12 and over whose immune system means they are at higher risk of serious illness if they become infected with COVID-19.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and 1 others
• Updated: 13 November 2023

How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Updated: 10 April 2024

Consumer advice and details of how to report problems with e-cigarettes with guidance on how to place an e-cigarette on the market in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including the notification scheme.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Updated: 2 November 2022

Details of the Yellow Card scheme, which is the system for recording adverse incidents with medicines and medical devices in the UK.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2021

A report from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK on the amount and type of physical activity people should be doing to improve their health.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 9 January 2020

Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Updated: 10 April 2024

Information on the spring 2024 campaign for eligible individuals.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 12 April 2024

Guidelines to help health protection teams control outbreaks of scarlet fever in schools, nurseries and other childcare settings.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 3 April 2023

Immunisation schedules and vaccines used for countries individuals most commonly immigrate to the UK from.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 3 August 2022

Information on the NHS Cervical Screening Programme, including commissioning, quality assurance, education and training.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 17 March 2021

How to apply for, update and cancel licences for the manufacture, import and wholesale of human and veterinary medicines.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Updated: 25 March 2024

Information for public health professionals on immunisation.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 26 October 2017

Guidelines for the public health management of pertussis incidents in healthcare settings

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 2 November 2016

Managing cases of infectious diseases in all education and childcare settings posters.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 27 April 2022

Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 20 September 2022

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 22 March 2021

Hepatitis A immunisation information for public health professionals.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 15 January 2024

Information for men invited to an NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening appointment.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 7 May 2024