Guidance and regulation

Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination information for public health professionals.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 21 February 2024

Infection prevention and control measures to reduce the spread of viral acute respiratory infections (ARIs), including COVID-19, in adult social care settings.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and 1 others
• Updated: 28 March 2024

• Infection prevention and control (IPC) in adult social care: acute respiratory infection (ARI)

  What has changed This guidance has been updated in line with changes to…

• PPE requirements when caring for a person with suspected or confirmed acute respiratory infection (ARI): text equivalent of poster

  Table. PPE requirements when caring for a person with suspected or…

One-page summary for health professionals and immunisation practitioners giving vaccinations.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 6 September 2023

• Vaccination of individuals with uncertain or incomplete immunisation status: from 1 September 2023

  General principles Unless there is a documented or reliable verbal vaccine…

Notifications of infectious diseases (NOIDs) and reportable causative organisms: legal duties of laboratories and medical practitioners.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Immunisation information for health professionals and immunisation practitioners.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 20 October 2023

How to manage cases of suspected measles: what patient details to take, who to notify and assessing risk of disease spreading in close contacts.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 11 April 2024

Shingles immunisation information for public health professionals.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 3 April 2024

A practical guide for staff on managing cases of infectious diseases in children and young people settings, including education.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 21 February 2024

Information for health professionals on childhood immunisations.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 8 September 2023

Measles immunisation information for public health professionals, including updates.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 31 December 2019

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

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 2 October 2023

Health protection teams (HPT) provide specialist public health advice and operational support to NHS, local authorities and other agencies.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 16 April 2024

Pneumococcal immunisation information for public health professionals.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 14 August 2023

Hepatitis B immunisation information for public health professionals.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 9 April 2024

Quick reference materials for primary care on diagnosing and understanding culture results for urinary tract infections (UTI).

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 19 October 2020

Information about the common side effects of vaccinations that might occur in babies and young children up to 5 years of age.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 18 December 2019

This guidance delivers on the government’s commitment in response to the Coroner’s 'prevention of future deaths' report on the death of 2-year-old Awaab Ishak due to mould in the home.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 2 others
• Updated: 7 September 2023

Tetanus immunisation information for public health professionals, including updates.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 6 June 2022

Information for public health professionals on immunisation.

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

Hepatitis A immunisation information for public health professionals.

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