Infectious diseases

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Services

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

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

• COVID-19 vaccination: consent form and letter for adults

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination consent form and letter templates for adults who are able to consent.

• Rabies post exposure risk assessment form and calendar

  Risk assessment form for rabies post exposure treatment.

• Gastrointestinal bacteria culture referral form

  Form L4 for identification of bacillus, C. botulinum, C. perfringens, C. tetani, campylobacter, E. coli, helicobacter, listeria, salmonella, shigella, vibrio and yersinia.

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

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

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Guidance and regulation

• COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a
  • Guidance
  • 16 September 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
• Notifiable diseases and how to report them
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 September 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
• Influenza: the green book, chapter 19
  • Guidance
  • 10 November 2023
  • UK Health Security Agency
• Health protection in children and young people settings, including education
  • Guidance
  • 12 September 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
• Complete routine immunisation schedule
  • Guidance
  • 31 August 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency

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News and communications

• Latest update on cases of Clade Ib mpox
  • 6 November 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • News story
• 18,000 flu-related deaths in past 2 winters as jab uptake falls
  • 30 September 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Press release
• Ready for uni life? Use condoms to keep STIs away
  • 25 September 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • News story
• VDEC rapidly develops an immunoassay for Mpox during the 2022 global outbreak
  • 23 September 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Case study
• UK secures more vaccines to help boost resilience against mpox
  • 16 September 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Notifiable diseases: last 52 weeks
  • 21 November 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Research
• Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2024
  • 21 November 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Research
• Measles epidemiology 2023 and 2024
  • 21 November 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Research
• Legionellosis in residents of England and Wales: 2017 to 2023
  • 21 November 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Official statistics
• Laboratory surveillance of paediatric bloodstream infections in England
  • 18 November 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Urinary tract infection: diagnostic tools for primary care
  • 8 May 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency and NHS England
  • Open consultation
  • Date closed 02 June 2024
• Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010: proposed amendments
  • 7 February 2024
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 15 November 2023
• Candida auris: update to management guidance
  • 14 June 2023
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Open consultation
  • Date closed 14 September 2023
• Antimicrobial resistance national action plan - call for evidence
  • 16 August 2023
  • Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Call for evidence outcome
• HIV Action Plan: annual update to Parliament
  • 7 June 2023
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Precautionary-SAGE: Influenza A (H5N1) virus in domestic livestock in the USA
  • 25 July 2024
  • Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies and Government Office for Science
  • Transparency
• Active Travel Fund: local transport authority allocations
  • 23 March 2024
  • Active Travel England and Department for Transport
  • Transparency
• Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention: conflict of interest statements
  • 7 February 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Corporate report
• Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention: terms of reference
  • 7 February 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Corporate report
• UKHSA Pathogen Genomics Strategy
  • 24 January 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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• Office for Health Improvement & Disparities
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• HM Treasury
• Cabinet Office
• Companies House
• 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