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UK Health Security Agency * UKHSA emergency contacts * Our health protection services * Contact our regional health protection teams * UKHSA research * Careers at UKHSA * Vaccine Development
and Evaluation Centre (VDEC) FEATURED FIRST YELLOW HEAT-HEALTH ALERT OF 2025 ISSUED FOR 4 REGIONS 11 June 2025 — News story The alert is currently in place for the East of England, East
Midlands, London and South East regions of England. UKHSA URGES TRAVELLERS TO TAKE STEPS TO AVOID INFECTION ABROAD 10 June 2025 — News story Typhoid and paratyphoid cases reach record high
while Malaria cases remain high despite small dip in cases. UKHSA PUBLISHES LATEST STI DATA 4 June 2025 — News story Syphilis cases in England continue to rise. MEASLES OUTBREAKS CONTINUE
WITH RISK OF HOLIDAYS CAUSING SURGE 5 June 2025 — News story Latest UKHSA data shows outbreaks continuing, with 109 cases confirmed in April and 86 so far in May. SMALL RISE IN SERIOUS YEAST
INFECTIONS 29 May 2025 — News story Bloodstream infections caused by yeast rose by 4% in 2024, compared to 2023. FLU VACCINE PREVENTED AROUND 100,000 HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS 22 May 2025 — News
story UKHSA data shows the flu vaccine prevented 96,000 to 120,200 hospitalisations in England during last winter. LATEST FROM THE UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY * Hepatitis B: antenatal
screening and selective neonatal immunisation pathway * 13 June 2025 * Guidance * Pneumococcal: the green book, chapter 25 * 13 June 2025 * Guidance * Introduction of new routine mpox and
4CMenB for gonorrhoea vaccination programmes letter * 13 June 2025 * Guidance See all latest documents SUBSCRIPTIONS * Get emails WHAT WE DO UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) prevents,
prepares for and responds to infectious diseases, and environmental hazards, to keep all our communities safe, save lives and protect livelihoods. We provide scientific and operational
leadership, working with local, national and international partners to protect the public’s health and build the nation’s health security capability. UKHSA is an executive agency, sponsored
by the Department of Health and Social Care. Read more about what we do FOLLOW US The following links open in a new tab * Follow on Blog (opens in new tab) * Follow on Bluesky (opens in new
tab) * Follow on Facebook (opens in new tab) * Follow on Instagram (opens in new tab) * Follow on LinkedIn (opens in new tab) * Follow on X (previously Twitter) (opens in new tab) * Follow
on YouTube (opens in new tab) DOCUMENTS SERVICES * Order COVID-19 rapid lateral flow tests * Find your local health protection team in England See all services GUIDANCE AND REGULATION *
Complete routine immunisation schedule * 3 June 2025 * Guidance * Vaccination of individuals with uncertain or incomplete immunisation * 3 June 2025 * Guidance See all guidance and
regulation NEWS AND COMMUNICATIONS * First yellow heat-health alert of 2025 issued for 4 regions * 10 June 2025 * News story * UKHSA urges travellers to take steps to avoid infection abroad
* 10 June 2025 * News story See all news and communications RESEARCH AND STATISTICS * GP in-hours: weekly bulletins for 2025 * 12 June 2025 * Research and analysis * Emergency department:
weekly bulletins for 2025 * 12 June 2025 * Research and analysis See all research and statistics POLICY PAPERS AND CONSULTATIONS * Tuberculosis National Action Plan 2026 to 2031 * 27 May
2025 * Closed call for evidence * Urinary tract infection: diagnostic tools for primary care consultation * 22 May 2025 * Closed consultation See all policy papers and consultations
TRANSPARENCY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION RELEASES * UKHSA spend over £500: 2025 * 29 May 2025 * Transparency data * UKHSA Pathogen Genomics Strategy * 19 May 2025 * Corporate report See all
transparency and freedom of information releases OUR MANAGEMENT Professor Dame Jenny Harries Chief Executive Dyfed Alsop Chief Operating Officer Ian Peters UKHSA Chair Professor Susan
Hopkins Chief Medical Advisor Professor Steven Riley Director General Data & Analytics CONTACT UKHSA GENERAL ENQUIRIES Email [email protected] To make information access requests
including Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests and data subject access requests (SAR) to UKHSA, please email
[email protected] Main switchboard 020 7654 8000 Complaints – if you wish to make a complaint about the UK Health Security Agency, please email the UKHSA Complaints team at
[email protected] Fraud – if you are a member of the public and have been contacted by someone claiming to be from UKHSA asking you for money, or if you suspect any fraudulent
activity involving UKHSA, please report this to Action Fraud at www.actionfraud.police.uk/reporting-fraud-and-cyber-crime. PRESS OFFICE Email [email protected] Contact: Press
office National press office 020 7654 8400 Chemicals, radiation and environmental hazards press office 01235 825 405/406 Out of hours 020 8200 4400 Only for use by journalists and the media
MAKE AN FOI REQUEST * Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request. * Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question. * Make a new
request by contacting us using the details below. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS Information Rights Team UKHSA 10 South Colonnade London E14 4PU United Kingdom Email
[email protected] HIGH PROFILE GROUPS WITHIN UKHSA * Centre for Climate and Health Security CORPORATE INFORMATION * Accessible documents policy * Complaints procedure * Media
enquiries * Modern slavery statement * Our governance * Statistics at UKHSA JOBS AND CONTRACTS * Working for UKHSA * Jobs