Health Protection Report volume 20 (2026)
A national public health bulletin from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Documents
Details
The Health Protection Report (HPR) comprises:
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routine reports on infections (microbiological and epidemiological data and associated commentary)
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reports from UKHSA’s Environmental Health Protection Surveillance System
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a digest of news on infections and other health protection topics
For a full listing of the most recently published HPR surveillance reports, see latest infection reports.
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Contact
The HPR editorial team: john.manos@ukhsa.gov.uk
Archives
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, the predecessor to HPR
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and , the predecessor to CDPH (within the CDR Archives referred to above)
Updates to this page
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Added HPR 20(5) news and infection reports.
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Link added to "Shingles vaccine coverage in England: annual report September 2024 to August 2025 (updated version 2)".
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Added HPR 20(4) news and MMR quarterly infection report.
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Added maternal pertussis and shingles vaccine coverage reports. News section edited.
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Added links to infection reports published on 26 March.
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News item about legionnaires' disease outbreak added.
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News items, relating to an S. Typhimurium outbreak, and infant formula product recalls, were added.
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Added HPR 20(2) news and infection reports.
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Two news items added (infant formula recall and Cape Verde update); also acute HBV quarterly reports for 2024.
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First published.