Infectious diseases

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Services

• Rabies post exposure risk assessment form and calendar

  Risk assessment form for rabies post exposure treatment.

• Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination consent form

  The HPV universal vaccination consent form for schools to distribute to parents of pupils.

• Measles, mumps, rubella: oral fluid testing forms and instructions

  Documents relating to measles, mumps or rubella (MMR) oral fluid testing.

• COVID-19 vaccination: consent forms and letters for care home residents

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination consent forms and letter templates for care home residents.

• Leptospirosis: request form

  Form (P3) for submitting samples to the National Leptospirosis Service (NLS) for the diagnosis of leptospira infections.

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Guidance and regulation

• Nipah virus: epidemiology, outbreaks and guidance
  • Detailed guide
  • 28 January 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency
• Burkholderia stabilis infections associated with non-sterile alcohol-free wipes: ongoing risk to patients
  • Detailed guide
  • 5 February 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency
• Complete routine immunisation schedule
  • Guidance
  • 10 December 2025
  • UK Health Security Agency
• Vaccination of individuals with uncertain or incomplete immunisation
  • Guidance
  • 3 February 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency
• Notifiable diseases and how to report them
  • Detailed guide
  • 29 April 2025
  • UK Health Security Agency

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News and communications

• Public advised to stop using some non-sterile alcohol-free wipes
  • 5 February 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
  • News story
• RSV vaccination for older adults: expansion of eligibility
  • 2 February 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency and NHS England
  • Correspondence
• Tuberculosis notifications in England stabilise in 2025
  • 29 January 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • News story
• Change of vaccine for the routine adult pneumococcal vaccination programme and individuals at increased clinical risk
  • 16 December 2025
  • UK Health Security Agency and NHS England
  • Correspondence
• Advice accepted on spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccination programme
  • 15 December 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Routine childhood immunisation: deaths and hospitalisations prevented
  • 5 February 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Research
• Pertussis: laboratory confirmed cases reported in England 2025
  • 4 February 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Research
• Tuberculosis: contact tracing for exposures in low-incidence countries
  • 4 February 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Research
• Acute hepatitis B (England): enhanced surveillance reports
  • 3 February 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Research
• Bloodborne viruses (BBVs): opt-out testing in emergency departments (EDs)
  • 3 February 2026
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Urinary tract infection: diagnostic tools for primary care consultation
  • 22 May 2025
  • UK Health Security Agency and NHS England
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 02 June 2024
• HIV Action Plan for England, 2025 to 2030
  • 5 December 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Tuberculosis National Action Plan 2026 to 2031
  • 9 October 2025
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Call for evidence outcome
• Departmental minute on the COVID-19 autumn 2025 vaccination programme
  • 16 July 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Mpox control and elimination: UK strategy 2025 to 2026
  • 17 April 2025
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• UKHSA Pathogen Genomics Strategy
  • 7 August 2025
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Corporate report
• Infectious diseases impacting England: 2025 report
  • 25 March 2025
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Corporate report
• Active Travel Fund: local transport authority allocations
  • 12 February 2025
  • Active Travel England and Department for Transport
  • Transparency
• UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group: conflict of interest statements
  • 3 December 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Corporate report
• UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group: terms of reference
  • 3 December 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• UK Health
  Security
  Agency
• Department
  of Health &
  Social Care
• Department
  for Transport
• Government
  Office for Science
• Department
  for Environment,
  Food & Rural Affairs

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• Prime Minister's Office
  10 Downing Street
• Centre for Climate and Health Security
• Foreign, Commonwealth
  & Development Office
• Animal &
  Plant Health
  Agency
• HM Treasury
• Medicines & Healthcare products
  Regulatory Agency
• Office for Health
  Improvement
  & Disparities
• Cabinet Office
• Companies House
• Department for
  Science, Innovation
  & Technology
• Home Office
• Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
• Veterinary
  Medicines
  Directorate

• Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Environment Agency
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies