We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Help improve GOV.UK Sign up to take part in user research (opens in a new tab)
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.
Foreword by the Chief Medical Officers If physical activity were a drug,…
2019 update to guidelines Description of evidence review methods A number…
One-page summary for health professionals and immunisation practitioners giving vaccinations.
General principles Unless there is a documented or reliable verbal vaccine…
Update following the Supreme Court judgment on 2 June 2026 clarifying the definition of the deprivation of liberty.
On 2 June 2026, the Supreme Court published a judgment changing the…
A practical guide for staff on managing cases of infectious diseases in children and young people's settings, including education.
Meningococcal immunisation information for public health professionals.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
Guidance for schools on creating a policy around the use of emergency auto-injectors (AAI)
How regional care cooperative local authorities and their partners can apply to deliver Home Again.
Safeguarding guidance, e-learning and resources for providers of after-school clubs, activities and tuition, and other out-of-school settings.
The principles underlying the programme and the expectations that public health nursing teams are expected to meet when delivering services in England.
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for children and young people aged 5 to 18 years.
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for children under 5 years of age.
The areas of public health where health visiting and school nursing teams in England can have the greatest impact.
How commissioners should establish, monitor and assure the quality of public health nursing services delivered under the healthy child programme in England.
How local authorities must meet their duty to ensure children with health needs receive a good education.
When you can share information about your case, what you can share and what to do if someone else shares information.
Process for assessing, deciding and agreeing continuing care for children with complex health needs.
Details of immunisations for children between 2 and 5 years, before they start school.
A guide for early years settings on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.
This booklet covers all immunisations for babies during their first year of life.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).