Health circulars: 2015 to 2017 | GOV.WALES

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

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) (expired)

25 June 2024 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
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
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
Introduction of MenB immunisation for infants (WHC/2015/040)

27 July 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
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