Collection Health circulars: 2015 to 2017 Health guidance issued to health boards and professionals as a circular between 2014 and 2017. Part of: NHS management (Sub-topic) First published: 10 November 2015 Last updated: 21 April 2017 In this collection Circulars 2017 Circulars 2016 Circulars 2015 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) 29 March 2023 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) 23 November 2021 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 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 Putting things right: raising concerns about the NHS (WHC/2017/014) 29 March 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 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 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 Community dental service (WHC/2016/005) 2 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 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 Related NHS management (Sub-topic)Health circulars: 2024 to 2027Health circulars: 2021 to 2023Health circulars: 2018 to 2020Health circulars: 2004 to 2014
