Health circulars | GOV.WALES

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

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Health workforce

First published:

20 November 2014

Last updated:

23 September 2021

In this collection

Circulars 2021

All Wales Carpal tunnel syndrome pathway (WHC 2021/025)

15 September 2021 Guidance
NHS Wales’ contribution towards a net-zero public sector by 2030 (WHC/2021/024)

8 September 2021 Guidance
Care decisions for the last days of life (WHC/2021/023)

23 September 2021 Guidance
Publication of the quality and safety framework (WHC/2021/022)

17 September 2021 Guidance
Introduction of Shingrix® for immunocompromised individuals from September 2021 (WHC/2021/021)

1 September 2021 Guidance
The national influenza immunisation programme 2021 to 2022 (WHC/2021/019)

4 August 2021 Guidance
Protocol for dealing with violence and aggression towards NHS staff (WHC/2021/012)

22 April 2021 Guidance
Health boards and trusts financial monitoring guidance 2021 to 2022 (WHC 2021/011)

23 April 2021 Guidance
Review of standing orders, reservation and delegation of powers (WHC/2021/010)

16 September 2021 Guidance
School entry hearing screening pathway (WHC/2021/009)

25 March 2021 Guidance
Revised national steroid treatment card (WHC/2021/008)

27 May 2021 Guidance
The Healthy Child Wales Programme: 6 week post-natal GP physical examination of babies (WHC/2021/007)

11 March 2021 Guidance
Elections to Senedd Cymru May 2021: guidance for NHS Wales (WHC/2021/006)

10 March 2021 Guidance
National Health Service Directions on cross border healthcare and reimbursement of costs of treatment within the EU (WHC/2021/005)

6 April 2021 Guidance
The national influenza immunisation programme 2021 to 2022 (WHC/2021/004)

19 February 2021 Guidance
Senedd Election 2021: letter to NHS health boards and trusts (WHC/2021/003)

11 March 2021 Guidance
Health board and trust champions: assessment of roles (WHC/2021/002)

19 January 2021 Guidance
Suspected cancer pathway: guidelines (WHC/2021/001)

14 January 2021 Guidance

Circulars 2020

Health board allocations: 2021 to 2022 (WHC/2020/025)

5 January 2020 Guidance
Clinical assessment of COVID-19 in the community (WHC/2020/024)

22 December 2020 Guidance
EU exit: continuity of medicine supply at the end of the transition period (WHC/2020/023)

22 December 2020 Guidance
NHS Wales Annual Planning framework: health circular (WHC/2020/022)

14 December 2020 Guidance
Health and wellbeing support for NHS health boards and trusts workforce (WHC/2020/019)

30 October 2020 Guidance
Support for GP premises liabilities (WHC/2020/018)

1 October 2020 Guidance
Procedure for the performance management, removal or suspension of NHS non-officer board members (WHC/2020)/016)

10 December 2020 Policy and strategy
Policy on single use and reusable laryngoscopes (WHC/2020/015)

22 September 2020 Policy and strategy
Ear Wax Management Primary and Community Care Pathway (WHC/2020/014)

29 September 2020 Policy and strategy
The national influenza immunisation programme 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2020/013)

14 August 2020 Guidance
Clinical assessment of COVID-19 in the community (WHC/2020/012)

4 August 2020 Guidance
Temporary amendments to model standing orders, reservation and delegation of powers (WHC 2020/011)

9 July 2020 Guidance
The national influenza immunisation programme 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2020/009)

21 May 2020 Guidance
Reuse of end of life medicines in hospices and care homes during COVID-19 (WHC/2020/008)

30 April 2020 Guidance
Continuation of immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic: letter from CMO (WHC/2020/006)

6 April 2020 Guidance
Recording of dementia read codes (WHC/2020/005)

9 October 2020 Guidance
NHS Wales Value Based Healthcare Programme: data requirements (WHC/2020/03)

10 March 2020 Guidance

Circulars 2019

Reuse of end of life medicines in hospices and care homes during COVID-19 (WHC/2020/008)

30 April 2020 Guidance
Annual Quality Statement 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2019/042)

23 December 2019 Guidance
Infant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) immunisation schedule: changes (WHC/2019/041)

19 December 2019 Guidance
Health board allocations: 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2019/040)

19 December 2019 Guidance
Use of chaperones during intimate medical procedures (WHC/2019/039)

17 January 2020 Guidance
Provision of continence containment products for adults (WHC/2019/038)

11 December 2019 Guidance
Ordering influenza vaccines for 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2019/037)

28 November 2019 Guidance
UK general election 2019: guidance for NHS Wales (WHC/2019/036)

8 November 2019 Guidance
UK general election 2019: guidance for Welsh Government officials (WHC/2019/035)

6 November 2019 Guidance
National optimal pathways for cancer (WHC/2019/034)

2 October 2019 Guidance
Recording the communication needs of patients with sensory loss (WHC/2019/032)

20 September 2019 Guidance
Flow of personal data following Brexit: guidance for public sector bodies (WHC/2019/031)

20 September 2019 Guidance
NHS Wales national integrated medium term plan (IMTP) 2019 to 2022 (WHC/2019/030)

20 September 2019 Guidance
NHS Wales planning framework 2020 to 2023 (WHC/2019/029)

20 September 2019 Guidance
Review of standing orders, reservation and delegation of powers (WHC 2019/027 )

12 September 2019 Guidance
Standardisation of nursing core risk assessment documents (WHC/2019/026)

20 August 2019 Guidance
Health circulars published between February and July 2019 (WHC/2019/025)

7 August 2019 Guidance
Pertussis vaccination for healthcare workers (WHC/2019/024)

30 July 2019 Guidance
Healthcare workers infected with bloodborne viruses (WHC/2019/023)

25 July 2019 Guidance
Community dental service (WHC/2019/021)

23 July 2019 Guidance
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) pathway: guidance for health professionals (WHC/2019/018)

6 June 2019 Guidance
Living with persistent pain: letter from Chief Medical Officer (WHC/2019/017)

7 May 2019 Guidance
The national influenza immunisation programme 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2019/015)

16 April 2019 Guidance
Disputed debts between NHS organisations: guidance (WHC/2019/014)

12 April 2019 Guidance
Obstetric bleeding strategy: implementation (WHC/2019/012)

29 April 2019 Guidance
Implementing recommendations of the review of sexual health services (WHC/2019/011)

5 March 2019 Guidance
Changes to the shingles immunisation programme (WHC/2019/008)

14 February 2019 Guidance
NHS annual quality statement 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2019/007)

13 February 2019 Guidance
National clinical audit and outcome review plan (WHC/2019/006)

9 May 2019 Guidance
Brexit and medicines supply (WHC/2019/005)

5 February 2019 Guidance
Ordering influenza vaccinations for 2019 to 2020: update (WHC/2019/002)

30 January 2019 Guidance
Availability of gluten free foods for the treatment for coeliac disease (WHC/2019/001)

17 January 2019 Guidance

Circulars 2018

Reporting pressure ulcers (WHC/2018/051)

21 December 2018 Guidance
Health board allocations: 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2018/050)

11 December 2018 Guidance
Eligibility for non routine immunisations (WHC/2018/048)

12 November 2018 Guidance
England and Wales NHS cross border healthcare (WHC/2018/047)

6 November 2018 Guidance
Ordering influenza vaccinations for 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2018/045)

12 November 2018 Guidance
NHS dentistry: clinical audit, peer review and quality improvement (WHC/2018/044)

14 December 2018 Guidance
NHS Wales infrastructure investment: guidance

22 October 2018 Guidance
Patients' NHS Wales experience (WHC/2018/042)

11 October 2018 Guidance
Raising awareness of carbon monoxide poisoning (WHC/2018/041)

5 November 2018 Guidance
Cannabis based products for medicinal use (WHC/2018/039)

30 October 2018 Guidance
Flu vaccinations and clinics for the over 65s (WHC/2018/037)

29 August 2018 Guidance
Flu vaccinations for residential care and nursing home staff in 2018 (WHC/2018/036)

23 August 2018 Guidance
Feeding in the first year of life (WHC/2018/035)

10 October 2018 Guidance
Supply and ordering of BCG vaccine (WHC/2018/034)

31 July 2018 Guidance
Books on prescription for dementia (WHC/2018/031)

18 September 2018 Guidance
Sensory loss communication needs: data standards (WHC/2018/030)

28 September 2018 Guidance
Ionising radiation (medical exposure) regulations (WHC/2018/029)

16 August 2018 Guidance
NHS Wales national clinical audit and outcome review plan 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2018/028)

1 July 2018 Guidance
Primary care quality and delivery measures (WHC/2018/026)

16 July 2018 Guidance
Moving secondary services to primary and community care (WHC/2018/025)

26 July 2018 Guidance
Intrapartum fetal surveillance standards for maternity services (WHC/2018/024)

28 November 2018 Guidance
The national influenza immunisation programme 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2018/023)

6 June 2018 Guidance
Sharing patient information between eye health professionals (WHC/2018/022)

3 September 2018 Guidance
Diagnosing and treating Lyme disease (WHC/2018/021)

1 June 2018 Guidance
Antimicrobial resistance (WHC/2018/020)

4 May 2018 Guidance
Supporting quality and safety for dental registrants (WHC/2018/019)

27 June 2018 Guidance
Cardiac treatment waiting lists: management rules (WHC/2018/018)

24 April 2018 Guidance
Local health board financial returns: guidance 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2018/017)

20 April 2018 Guidance
Ordering adjuvanted flu vaccine 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2018/015)

5 April 2018 Guidance
Communication standards between primary and secondary care (WHC/2018/014)

3 May 2018 Guidance
Patient safety incidents (WHC/2018/012)

1 March 2018 Guidance
Car parking management: guidance (WHC/2018/010)

5 April 2018 Guidance
Service standards for conscious sedation in a dental care setting (WHC/2018/009)

18 June 2018 Guidance
Ionising radiation: requirements from February 2018 (WHC/2018/007)

1 February 2018 Guidance
NHS research and development finance policy (WHC/2018/005)

20 March 2018 Guidance
Health and social care research: UK policy (WHC/2018/004)

1 February 2018 Guidance
Administration of intravenous contrast medium for patients with renal impairment (WHC/2018/003)

5 April 2018 Guidance
Safe clinical use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (WHC/2018/001)

5 February 2018 Guidance

Circulars 2017

Attaining the WHO targets for eliminating hepatitis B and C (WHC/2017/048)

16 October 2017 Guidance
Supply and use of adrenaline auto injectors in schools (WHC/2017/046)

2 October 2017 Guidance
Healthcare workers infected with bloodborne viruses (WHC/2017/045)

20 November 2017 Guidance
Care of children and young people with continence problems (WHC/2017/044)

18 September 2017 Guidance
Managing the care of babies born on the threshold of survival (WHC/2017/043)

20 September 2017 Guidance
NHS Wales agency and locum programme (WHC/2017/042)

23 October 2017 Guidance
Armed forces covenant: healthcare priority for veterans (WHC /2017/41)

5 September 2017 Guidance
Hexavalent vaccine for baby immunisation schedule (WHC/2017/039)

9 August 2017 Guidance
NHS Wales peer review (WHC/2017/037)

24 July 2017 Guidance
Guide to consent for examination or treatment: revised guidance (WHC/2017/036)

24 July 2017 Guidance
Non-medical prescribing in Wales (WHC/2017/035)

12 July 2017 Guidance
Policy on the management of point of care testing (WHC/2017/034)

12 July 2017 Guidance
Guidelines for the management of brain injury (WHC/2017/029)

26 July 2017 Guidance
NHS Wales blood health plan (WHC/2017/028)

28 September 2017 Guidance
Prescribing of co-proxamol (WHC/2017/026)

16 June 2017 Guidance
Cyber security and information governance (WHC/2017/025)

4 July 2017 Guidance
Designed to Smile child oral health improvement programme (WHC/2017/23)

19 June 2017 Guidance
Change of vaccine for routine primary infant immunisation (WHC/2017/022)

15 May 2017 Guidance
Children who have outstanding routine immunisations: national enhanced service specification (WHC/2017/021)

10 May 2017 Guidance
Reducing hospital food waste (WHC/2017/018)

7 June 2017 Guidance
Changes to the shingles immunisation programme (WHC/2017/017)

7 April 2017 Guidance
Employer led supervision of midwives (WHC/2017/015)

5 April 2017 Guidance
Reducing healthcare associated infections (WHC/2017/011)

11 April 2017 Guidance
Provision of mental health support for asylum seekers and refugees (WHC/2017/009)

23 February 2017 Guidance
NHS Wales policy for the repatriation of patients (WHC/2017/008)

8 March 2017 Guidance
Ear, nose and throat (ENT) follow up guidelines (WHC/2017/007)

4 July 2017 Guidance
Healthcare associated infection, device usage and antimicrobial usage survey (WHC/2017/005)

31 March 2017 Guidance
HPV vaccination for men who have sex with men (WHC/2017/003)

13 January 2017 Guidance
Community dental services: terms and conditions of service (WHC/2017/002)

20 October 2017 Guidance
New treatment fund: directions on implementation timescales (WHC/2017/001)

21 April 2017 Guidance

Circulars 2016

Critical care escalation management of large unplanned increases in demand (WHC/2016/049)

30 January 2017 Guidance
CT scanning and general x-ray: good practice report (WHC/2016/048)

14 June 2016 Guidance
Quality standards for children’s hearing services 2016 (WHC/2016/47)

23 November 2016 Guidance
Quality standards for adult hearing rehabilitation services 2016 (WHC/2016/46)

23 November 2016 Guidance
Vitamin D intake: revised guidelines (WHC/2016/043)

19 October 2016 Guidance
Renal services delivery plan: 2016 to 2020 (WHC/2016/042)

31 October 2016 Guidance
Revised guidelines for the transfer of the critically ill adult (WHC/2016/041)

18 October 2016 Guidance
Prescribing hormone therapy for trans adults (WHC/2016/040)

27 September 2016 Guidance
Cessation of antenatal rubella screening (WHC/2016/038)

11 August 2016 Guidance
Certification of vision impairment (WHC/2016/036)

30 September 2016 Guidance
Local health board and NHS trust websites (WHC/2016/033)

28 June 2016 Guidance
Prescribing guidance for pregabalin and gabapentin (WHC/2016/030)

6 July 2016 Guidance
Hospital handover guidance (WHC/2016/029)

5 May 2016 Guidance
Implications of the Social Services and Well-being Act 2014 for health boards and trusts (WHC/2016/028)

5 June 2016 Guidance
Removal of the meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) vaccine for babies (WHC/2016/027)

14 April 2016 Guidance
Delegating third party tasks (WHC/2016/025)

3 May 2016 Guidance
Adult in-patient falls: principles and framework (WHC/2016/022)

12 April 2016 Guidance
Change to the pertussis vaccination programme for pregnant women (WHC/2016/020)

16 June 2016 Guidance
Review of low and medium secure placements in independent hospitals (WHC/2016/019)

18 March 2016 Guidance
Dental foundation training (WHC/2016/016)

10 July 2019 Guidance
Instruments for tonsil and adenoid surgeries (WHC/2016/014)

7 March 2016 Guidance
Reciprocal healthcare agreements (WHC/2016/013)

2 March 2016 Guidance
Eye Health Examination Wales (EHEW): cataract patient pathway (WHC/2016/010)

1 March 2016 Guidance
Female genital mutilation (FGM): guidance (WHC/2016/009)

4 April 2016 Guidance
Health issues and learning disability (WHC/2016/008)

3 February 2016 Guidance
Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae: infection prevention and control (WHC/2016/007)

15 February 2016 Guidance
Continuing NHS Healthcare (CHC): retrospective claims (WHC/2016/003)

1 February 2016 Guidance
New guidelines on drinking alcohol (WHC/2016/001)

14 January 2016 Guidance

Circulars 2015

Post-mortem examination of a baby following a stillbirth (WHC/2015/057)

10 November 2015 Guidance
Health professionals duty to report female genital mutilation (WHC/2015/051)

23 October 2015 Guidance
Decontamination of medical devices (WHC/2015/050)

6 January 2016 Guidance
Use of the NHS number: operational standards (WHC/2015/049)

6 November 2015 Guidance
Prescribing antidepressants to children and young people (WHC/2015/048)

8 October 2015 Guidance
Social services and well-being legislation (WHC/2015/045)

25 September 2015 Guidance
Oral surgery and medicine services (WHC/2015/041)

29 January 2015 Guidance
Continuing NHS Healthcare (CHC): retrospective claims (WHC/2015/039)

27 July 2015 Guidance
Meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccination (WHC/2015/037)

23 July 2015 Guidance
Information governance training across Welsh health boards (WHC/2015/036)

3 August 2015 Guidance
The NHS (Cross-Border Healthcare) (Telemedicine) (Wales) Directions 2015 (WHC/2015/035)

30 July 2015 Policy and strategy
Sharing patient information between eye health professionals (WHC/2015/022)

28 May 2015 Guidance
Guidance on the disposal of foetal remains (WHC/2015/021)

6 May 2015 Guidance
Changes to the shingles vaccination programme (WHC/2015/019)

30 April 2015 Guidance
People’s access to their electronic care records (WHC/2015/013)

9 April 2015 Guidance
Children's vision pathway for 4 to 5 year olds (WHC/2015/011)

21 April 2015 Guidance
Radiotherapy data set introduction (WHC/2015/006)

2 March 2016 Guidance
Outpatient follow-up backlog monitoring (WHC/2015/005)

23 January 2015 Guidance
Dementia care register guidance (WHC/2015/004)

3 February 2015 Guidance
Improving access to specialist primary care dental services (WHC/2015/002)

9 February 2015 Guidance
Improving oral health for older people living in care homes (WHC/2015/001)

9 February 2015 Guidance

Circulars 2014

Prudent healthcare update (WHC/2014/002)

5 December 2014 Report
Key workers for cancer patients (WHC/2014/001)

20 November 2014 Guidance