Media enquiries

Contact our press office if you have a media query or you’re a journalist.

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Please call the press office most relevant to your query.

For urgent media enquiries out-of-hours, call the duty press officer on 020 8200 4400.

We are unable to provide clinical advice to members of the public. Please contact your GP or NHS 111 or visit www.nhs.uk

Media contact for national PHE centres

National press team 020 7654 8400

Media contacts for local PHE centres

PHE Centres cover health protection, health improvement and intelligence

North of England

North East 0300 303 8596 option 3 (inc out of hours)
North West 03442 250 562 – option 5 (inc out of hours)
Yorkshire and the Humber 01138 557 362 (out of hours 07966 140 156)

Midlands and east of England

Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes 01223 722 485 or 01223 722 486 (out of hours 07786 524 406)
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk 01223 722 485 or 01223 722 486 (out of hours 07786 524 406)
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 01158 441 399 (inc out of hours)
West Midlands 01212 329 223/4 (out of hours 07834 311 393)

South of England

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 01179 689 161, 01179 689 193 or 01223 722 484 (out of hours 07929 827 361)
Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset 01179 689 161, 01179 689 193 or 01223 722 484 (out of hours 07929 827 361)
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 01403 214 556 or 01403 214 557 (out of hours 07789 295 811)
Kent, Surrey and Sussex 01403 214 556 or 01403 214 557 (out of hours 07789 295 811)
Thames Valley 01403 214 556 or 01403 214 557 (out of hours 07789 295 811)

London

Integrated region and centre 020 8495 3900 (out of hours 07879 667 879)

Email

Email the press office at phe-pressoffice@phe.gov.uk