Health protection is about protecting individuals, groups and populations from single cases of infectious disease, incidents and outbreaks, and non-infectious environmental hazards such as chemicals and radiation.
It is also about emergency planning, resilience, response and management of incidents that may have an impact on human welfare.
And also providing infection prevention and control services within vulnerable settings such as care homes.
We provide this service in partnership with other agencies such as the local hospital trust, UK Health Security Agency and Greater Manchester NHS Integrated Care Board.
What we do
- Provide information and advice about infections and immunisation procedures
- Support with infectious disease outbreaks in the community, such as measles and meningitis
- Advise and support establishments, such as nurseries, schools and care homes about outbreaks
- Undertake infection control audits at various establishments, including nurseries and care homes
How to get help
If you think you may need help, contact us and give details of your enquiry. Depending on the information you give, we will either:
- Give you immediate advice and information
- Ring you back with advice and information, when we have investigated further
- Redirect you to a more appropriate source to deal with your enquiry, if we are not able to help.
Advice and information provided by us is free of charge. However, there may be a charge for any treatment/services that you may need. You will be told more about this at the time, if it applies to your enquiry.
Help outside normal office hours
If you have an urgent health protection enquiry outside normal office hours, which cannot wait until we are available, please phone UK Health Security Agency on 0344 225 0562.
For assistance with a health protection issue as a result of an emergency civil contingency outside normal office hours, please call 01942 404040.