Public Health

Current awareness updates

Behaviour change interventions to optimise antibiotic prescribing.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
[Strategic behavioural analysis that aims to help understand and change behaviours related to antimicrobial stewardship and antibiotic prescribing.]

Third primary COVID-19 vaccine dose for people who are immunosuppressed: JCVI advice.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2021.
[Statement from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on the benefits of a third primary COVID-19 vaccine dose in individuals aged 12 years and over with severe immunosuppression.]

JCVI statement, September 2021: COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 12 to 15 years.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2021.
[Updated advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on vaccination of children aged 12 to 15.]