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Guidance for managing seasonal influenza, identifying pathogens and transmission routes for acute respiratory disease in care homes.
The annual flu letter describes the national flu immunisation programme and outlines which groups are eligible for flu vaccination.
Guidelines to help health protection teams control outbreaks of scarlet fever in schools, nurseries and other childcare settings.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation information for public health professionals, including updates.
Information for public health professionals on immunisation.
Guidance to help public health professionals manage hepatitis A infections and recommendations for pre-exposure immunisation.
This explains the importance of the influenza (flu) vaccination this winter: 2024 to 2025.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a Category 1 Responder (Civil Contingencies Act 2004), and provides specialist advice and support to the emergency services and NHS.
Save the date for the UKHSA Conference 2025. Hosted at Manchester Central on 25 to 26 March in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health (FPH).
This document will help providers and commissioners of immunisation services decide the appropriate response to vaccine incidents.
Patient group direction (PGD) template for administering inactivated influenza vaccine in accordance with national seasonal flu vaccination programme.
Advice for health protection professionals on the management of meningococcal disease in the UK.
Tuberculosis immunisation information for public health professionals, including updates.
Yellow fever immunisation information for public health professionals.
PGD template to support the national pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) vaccination programme.
Guidelines for managing close community contacts of cases of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) disease, including flow diagrams.
Typhoid immunisation information for public health professionals, including updates.
Find out how to do a rapid lateral flow test for COVID-19. Rapid lateral flow tests show the result on a device that comes with the test.
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