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Health circulars

Health guidance issued to health boards and professionals as a circular.

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First published:
20 November 2014
Last updated:

In this collection

Circulars 2020

Health board allocations: 2021 to 2022 (WHC/2020/025)
Guidance
Clinical assessment of COVID-19 in the community (WHC/2020/024)
Guidance
EU exit: continuity of medicine supply at the end of the transition period (WHC/2020/023)
Guidance
NHS Wales Annual Planning framework: health circular (WHC/2020/022)
Guidance
Health and wellbeing support for NHS health boards and trusts workforce (WHC/2020/019)
Guidance
Support for GP premises liabilities (WHC/2020/018)
Guidance
Procedure for the performance management, removal or suspension of NHS non-officer board members (WHC/2020)/016)
Policy and strategy
Policy on single use and reusable laryngoscopes (WHC/2020/015)
Policy and strategy
Ear Wax Management Primary and Community Care Pathway (WHC/2020/014)
Policy and strategy
The national influenza immunisation programme 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2020/013)
Guidance
Clinical assessment of COVID-19 in the community (WHC/2020/012)
Guidance
Temporary amendments to model standing orders, reservation and delegation of powers (WHC 2020/011)
Guidance
The national influenza immunisation programme 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2020/009)
Guidance
Reuse of end of life medicines in hospices and care homes during COVID-19 (WHC/2020/008)
Guidance
Continuation of immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic: letter from CMO (WHC/2020/006)
Guidance
Recording of dementia read codes (WHC/2020/005)
Guidance
NHS Wales Value Based Healthcare Programme: data requirements (WHC/2020/03)
Guidance

Circulars 2019

Reuse of end of life medicines in hospices and care homes during COVID-19 (WHC/2020/008)
Guidance
Annual Quality Statement 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2019/042)
Guidance
Infant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) immunisation schedule: changes (WHC/2019/041)
Guidance
Health board allocations: 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2019/040)
Guidance
Use of chaperones during intimate medical procedures (WHC/2019/039)
Guidance
Provision of continence containment products for adults (WHC/2019/038)
Guidance
Ordering influenza vaccines for 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2019/037)
Guidance
UK general election 2019: guidance for NHS Wales (WHC/2019/036)
Guidance
UK general election 2019: guidance for Welsh Government officials (WHC/2019/035)
Guidance
National optimal pathways for cancer (WHC/2019/034)
Guidance
Recording the communication needs of patients with sensory loss (WHC/2019/032)
Guidance
Flow of personal data following Brexit: guidance for public sector bodies (WHC/2019/031)
Guidance
NHS Wales national integrated medium term plan (IMTP) 2019 to 2022 (WHC/2019/030)
Guidance
NHS Wales planning framework 2020 to 2023 (WHC/2019/029)
Guidance
Review of standing orders, reservation and delegation of powers (WHC 2019/027 )
Guidance
Standardisation of nursing core risk assessment documents (WHC/2019/026)
Guidance
Health circulars published between February and July 2019 (WHC/2019/025)
Guidance
Pertussis vaccination for healthcare workers (WHC/2019/024)
Guidance
Healthcare workers infected with bloodborne viruses (WHC/2019/023)
Guidance
Community dental service (WHC/2019/021)
Guidance
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) pathway: guidance for health professionals (WHC/2019/018)
Guidance
Living with persistent pain: letter from Chief Medical Officer (WHC/2019/017)
Guidance
The national influenza immunisation programme 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2019/015)
Guidance
Disputed debts between NHS organisations: guidance (WHC/2019/014)
Guidance
Health boards and trusts financial monitoring guidance 2019 to 2020 (WHC 2019/013)
Guidance
Obstetric bleeding strategy: implementation (WHC/2019/012)
Guidance
Implementing recommendations of the review of sexual health services (WHC/2019/011)
Guidance
Changes to the shingles immunisation programme (WHC/2019/008)
Guidance
NHS annual quality statement 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2019/007)
Guidance
National clinical audit and outcome review plan (WHC/2019/006)
Guidance
Brexit and medicines supply (WHC/2019/005)
Guidance
Ordering influenza vaccinations for 2019 to 2020: update (WHC/2019/002)
Guidance
Availability of gluten free foods for the treatment for coeliac disease (WHC/2019/001)
Guidance

Circulars 2018

Reporting pressure ulcers (WHC/2018/051)
Guidance
Health board allocations: 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2018/050)
Guidance
Eligibility for non routine immunisations (WHC/2018/048)
Guidance
England and Wales NHS cross border healthcare (WHC/2018/047)
Guidance
Ordering influenza vaccinations for 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2018/045)
Guidance
NHS dentistry: clinical audit, peer review and quality improvement (WHC/2018/044)
Guidance
NHS Wales infrastructure investment: guidance
Guidance
Patients' NHS Wales experience (WHC/2018/042)
Guidance
Raising awareness of carbon monoxide poisoning (WHC/2018/041)
Guidance
Cannabis based products for medicinal use (WHC/2018/039)
Guidance
Flu vaccinations and clinics for the over 65s (WHC/2018/037)
Guidance
Flu vaccinations for residential care and nursing home staff in 2018 (WHC/2018/036)
Guidance
Feeding in the first year of life (WHC/2018/035)
Guidance
Supply and ordering of BCG vaccine (WHC/2018/034)
Guidance
Books on prescription for dementia (WHC/2018/031)
Guidance
Sensory loss communication needs: data standards (WHC/2018/030)
Guidance
Ionising radiation (medical exposure) regulations (WHC/2018/029)
Guidance
NHS Wales national clinical audit and outcome review plan 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2018/028)
Guidance
Primary care quality and delivery measures (WHC/2018/026)
Guidance
Moving secondary services to primary and community care (WHC/2018/025)
Guidance
Intrapartum fetal surveillance standards for maternity services (WHC/2018/024)
Guidance
The national influenza immunisation programme 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2018/023)
Guidance
Sharing patient information between eye health professionals (WHC/2018/022)
Guidance
Diagnosing and treating Lyme disease (WHC/2018/021)
Guidance
Antimicrobial resistance (WHC/2018/020)
Guidance
Supporting quality and safety for dental registrants (WHC/2018/019)
Guidance
Cardiac treatment waiting lists: management rules (WHC/2018/018)
Guidance
Local health board financial returns: guidance 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2018/017)
Guidance
Ordering adjuvanted flu vaccine 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2018/015)
Guidance
Communication standards between primary and secondary care (WHC/2018/014)
Guidance
Patient safety incidents (WHC/2018/012)
Guidance
Car parking management: guidance (WHC/2018/010)
Guidance
Service standards for conscious sedation in a dental care setting (WHC/2018/009)
Guidance
Ionising radiation: requirements from February 2018 (WHC/2018/007)
Guidance
NHS research and development finance policy (WHC/2018/005)
Guidance
Health and social care research: UK policy (WHC/2018/004)
Guidance
Administration of intravenous contrast medium for patients with renal impairment (WHC/2018/003)
Guidance
Safe clinical use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (WHC/2018/001)
Guidance

Circulars 2017

Attaining the WHO targets for eliminating hepatitis B and C (WHC/2017/048)
Guidance
Supply and use of adrenaline auto injectors in schools (WHC/2017/046)
Guidance
Healthcare workers infected with bloodborne viruses (WHC/2017/045)
Guidance
Care of children and young people with continence problems (WHC/2017/044)
Guidance
Managing the care of babies born on the threshold of survival (WHC/2017/043)
Guidance
NHS Wales agency and locum programme (WHC/2017/042)
Guidance
Armed forces covenant: healthcare priority for veterans (WHC /2017/41)
Guidance
Hexavalent vaccine for baby immunisation schedule (WHC/2017/039)
Guidance
NHS Wales peer review (WHC/2017/037)
Guidance
Guide to consent for examination or treatment: revised guidance (WHC/2017/036)
Guidance
Non-medical prescribing in Wales (WHC/2017/035)
Guidance
Policy on the management of point of care testing (WHC/2017/034)
Guidance
Guidelines for the management of brain injury (WHC/2017/029)
Guidance
NHS Wales blood health plan (WHC/2017/028)
Guidance
Prescribing of co-proxamol (WHC/2017/026)
Guidance
Cyber security and information governance (WHC/2017/025)
Guidance
Designed to Smile child oral health improvement programme (WHC/2017/23)
Guidance
Change of vaccine for routine primary infant immunisation (WHC/2017/022)
Guidance
Children who have outstanding routine immunisations: national enhanced service specification (WHC/2017/021)
Guidance
Reducing hospital food waste (WHC/2017/018)
Guidance
Changes to the shingles immunisation programme (WHC/2017/017)
Guidance
Employer led supervision of midwives (WHC/2017/015)
Guidance
Reducing healthcare associated infections (WHC/2017/011)
Guidance
Provision of mental health support for asylum seekers and refugees (WHC/2017/009)
Guidance
NHS Wales policy for the repatriation of patients (WHC/2017/008)
Guidance
Ear, nose and throat (ENT) follow up guidelines (WHC/2017/007)
Guidance
Healthcare associated infection, device usage and antimicrobial usage survey (WHC/2017/005)
Guidance
HPV vaccination for men who have sex with men (WHC/2017/003)
Guidance
Community dental services: terms and conditions of service (WHC/2017/002)
Guidance
New treatment fund: directions on implementation timescales (WHC/2017/001)
Guidance

Circulars 2016

Critical care escalation management of large unplanned increases in demand (WHC/2016/049)
Guidance
CT scanning and general x-ray: good practice report (WHC/2016/048)
Guidance
Quality standards for children’s hearing services 2016 (WHC/2016/47)
Guidance
Quality standards for adult hearing rehabilitation services 2016 (WHC/2016/46)
Guidance
Vitamin D intake: revised guidelines (WHC/2016/043)
Guidance
Renal services delivery plan: 2016 to 2020 (WHC/2016/042)
Guidance
Revised guidelines for the transfer of the critically ill adult (WHC/2016/041)
Guidance
Prescribing hormone therapy for trans adults (WHC/2016/040)
Guidance
Cessation of antenatal rubella screening (WHC/2016/038)
Guidance
Certification of vision impairment (WHC/2016/036)
Guidance
Local health board and NHS trust websites (WHC/2016/033)
Guidance
Prescribing guidance for pregabalin and gabapentin (WHC/2016/030)
Guidance
Hospital handover guidance (WHC/2016/029)
Guidance
Implications of the Social Services and Well-being Act 2014 for health boards and trusts (WHC/2016/028)
Guidance
Removal of the meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) vaccine for babies (WHC/2016/027)
Guidance
Delegating third party tasks (WHC/2016/025)
Guidance
Adult in-patient falls: principles and framework (WHC/2016/022)
Guidance
Change to the pertussis vaccination programme for pregnant women (WHC/2016/020)
Guidance
Review of low and medium secure placements in independent hospitals (WHC/2016/019)
Guidance
Dental foundation training (WHC/2016/016)
Guidance
Instruments for tonsil and adenoid surgeries (WHC/2016/014)
Guidance
Reciprocal healthcare agreements (WHC/2016/013)
Guidance
Eye Health Examination Wales (EHEW): cataract patient pathway (WHC/2016/010)
Guidance
Female genital mutilation (FGM): guidance (WHC/2016/009)
Guidance
Health issues and learning disability (WHC/2016/008)
Guidance
Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae: infection prevention and control (WHC/2016/007)
Guidance
Continuing NHS Healthcare (CHC): retrospective claims (WHC/2016/003)
Guidance
New guidelines on drinking alcohol (WHC/2016/001)
Guidance

Circulars 2015

Post-mortem examination of a baby following a stillbirth (WHC/2015/057)
Guidance
Health professionals duty to report female genital mutilation (WHC/2015/051)
Guidance
Decontamination of medical devices (WHC/2015/050)
Guidance
Use of the NHS number: operational standards (WHC/2015/049)
Guidance
Prescribing antidepressants to children and young people (WHC/2015/048)
Guidance
Social services and well-being legislation (WHC/2015/045)
Guidance
Oral surgery and medicine services (WHC/2015/041)
Guidance
Continuing NHS Healthcare (CHC): retrospective claims (WHC/2015/039)
Guidance
Meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccination (WHC/2015/037)
Guidance
Information governance training across Welsh health boards (WHC/2015/036)
Guidance
The NHS (Cross-Border Healthcare) (Telemedicine) (Wales) Directions 2015 (WHC/2015/035)
Policy and strategy
Sharing patient information between eye health professionals (WHC/2015/022)
Guidance
Guidance on the disposal of foetal remains (WHC/2015/021)
Guidance
Changes to the shingles vaccination programme (WHC/2015/019)
Guidance
People’s access to their electronic care records (WHC/2015/013)
Guidance
Children's vision pathway for 4 to 5 year olds (WHC/2015/011)
Guidance
Radiotherapy data set introduction (WHC/2015/006)
Guidance
Outpatient follow-up backlog monitoring (WHC/2015/005)
Guidance
Dementia care register guidance (WHC/2015/004)
Guidance
Improving access to specialist primary care dental services (WHC/2015/002)
Guidance
Improving oral health for older people living in care homes (WHC/2015/001)
Guidance

Circulars 2014

Prudent healthcare update (WHC/2014/002)
Report
Key workers for cancer patients (WHC/2014/001)
Guidance

First published

20 November 2014

Last updated

Part of