Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77149
Health Services: Disease Control
Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025
Question
Greg Smith
Conservative — Mid Buckinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to update UK Infection Prevention and Control guidance to reflect the scientific consensus that (a) covid-19 and (b) other respiratory pathogens are airborne; and what ste
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM) for England, published by NHS England, whilst not pathogen specific, provides overarching infection prevention and control principles that should be used to inform clinical judgement/practice. T...
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