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This guidance is for health practitioners implementing the vaccination programme to protect pregnant women and older adults from RSV.
Smallpox and mpox immunisation information for public health professionals.
Guidance for health care professionals on public health management of infection with shigellae (shigellosis).
Information about the shingles vaccination programme aimed at healthcare practitioners.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report provides an analysis of how climate change makes extreme weather events in the UK, including more intense and frequent heatwaves.
Guidance for managing seasonal influenza, identifying pathogens and transmission routes for acute respiratory disease in care homes.
Rubella immunisation information for public health professionals, including updates.
Changes to the routine childhood vaccination schedule from 1 July 2025, 1 January 2026 and changes to the selective hepatitis B vaccination programme from 1 July 2025
Information for clinicians and referring laboratories about the range of tests offered by the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL).
Latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures for immunisation practitioners.
This page advises those working with children on how to reduce the risks of hot weather to the health of people they provide care for. This is part of the guidance for the hazard: heat.
Information for healthcare professionals on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of hepatitis B.
Guidance to help professionals in public health and environmental health departments to minimise the risk of transmission of gastrointestinal infections.
PGD template to support the national Haemophilus influenzae type b and meningococcal C conjugate vaccination programme.
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) caused by a virus of the Nairoviridae family.
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.
Background information and advice on coronavirus (COVID-19) for health and care professionals.
The alerting system provides an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
A user guide for understanding and applying the national patient safety radiotherapy event taxonomy.
Information and promotional resources to support the 2025 to 2026 annual flu vaccination programme.
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