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
The Vaccine Development Evaluation Centre (VDEC) at Porton Down in Wiltshire facilitates the development and evaluation of new vaccines and therapeutics.
Checklist to help immunisation practitioners plan their immunisation programme.
A national point prevalence survey on healthcare associated infections (HCAIs), antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in England, 2023.
Plain English and Easy-read guides providing information on influenza (flu) and vaccination.
VRD provides clinical advice and investigations for a wide range of human virus infections.
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
Guidance for healthcare professionals on the hexavalent vaccine programme for babies born after 1 August 2017.
A leaflet to remind you to get your child immunised at one year of age.
Patient group direction (PGD) template to support the provision of hepatitis A and B (HepA/B) vaccine to individuals requiring protection against hepatitis A and hepatitis B.
A guide to the booster given in school Year 9 or at age 14. It explains the 3 in 1 teenage booster dose of vaccine that prevents tetanus, diphtheria and polio.
Explains the HPV, Td/IPV and MenACWY vaccinations given to young people in school years 7 to 13.
Information on measles for health professionals and poster for healthcare settings and A&E.
Information regarding UKHSA's vaccine strategy in response to the UK mpox outbreak.
Information about flu immunisation training to support healthcare professionals.
Leaflet describing how and why porcine gelatine is used in vaccines for immunisation programmes.
This explains the importance of the influenza (flu) vaccination this winter: 2024 to 2025.
Procedures and resources for managing occupational laboratory exposure to Brucella species.
Knowledge and skills competence assessment tool.
Monitoring significant occupational exposures to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in healthcare workers, and advising on avoiding injuries.
Information to assist with differentiating Lyme disease from other causes of rash, neurological or non-specific symptoms.
Don’t 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).