Infection Prevention and Control
Infection Prevention and Control Manual
Guidance on Obtaining Health Protection Advice and Reporting Infectious Diseases from UKHSA
SYICB are aware there has been some confusion regarding how to obtain health protection advice from UKHSA and report notifiable infectious diseases during out of hours. The UKHSA Y&H health protection team provide specialist support to prevent and reduce the impact of infectious diseases, chemical and radiation hazards and major emergencies.
The Y&H HPT have a designated out of hours contact number for health professionals requesting urgent advice: 0300 303 0234. In hours, they can be contacted via telephone (0300 303 0234) or email yorkshirehumberhpt@ukhsa.gov.uk.
Infection Prevention and Control Team
Please contact the number below for infection prevention and control advice
Monday – Friday 08:00- 17:00 Telephone 01226 432825
Out of hours, if your query isn’t urgent; please leave a message on the answer machine and your call will be returned as soon as possible. Otherwise, advice and support will be given via the Public Health England on-call system.
For non-urgent queries you can also email bdg-tr.infectioncontrol@nhs.net
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