Health circulars: 2024 to 2027 | GOV.WALES

Health guidance issued to health boards and professionals as a circular between 2024 and 2027.

Part of:

NHS management (Sub-topic)

First published:

1 January 2024

Last updated:

11 March 2026

In this collection

Circulars 2026

NHS Research and Development Finance Policy 2026 (WHC/2026/008)

11 March 2026 Policy and strategy
Data standards notice of change for planned care activity (WHC/2026/002)

3 March 2026 Policy and strategy
Code of Practice Quality Assurance and Performance Management, Escalating Concerns, and Closure of Regulated Care and Support Services (WHC/2025/044)

4 February 2026 Legislation
Update on RSV vaccination programme 2026 (WHC/2025/053)

2 February 2026 Policy and strategy
COVID-19 spring vaccination programme 2026 (WHC/2025/052)

15 January 2026 Guidance
Call4Concern: timelines and responsibilities (WHC/2026/001)

8 January 2026 Policy and strategy

Circulars 2025

Pneumococcal vaccination: product change (WHC/2025/054)

17 December 2025 Policy and strategy
Patient Travel Policy (WHC/2025/049)

15 December 2025 Policy and strategy
Safety netting discharge leaflets for adults and children (WHC/2025/051)

15 December 2025 Policy and strategy
NHS Wales hearing care: future approach to audiology services (WHC/2025/024)

11 December 2025 Policy and strategy
Routine varicella (chickenpox) vaccination for young children from 1 January 2026 (WHC/2025/046)

3 November 2025 Policy and strategy
Changes to standing orders for the Joint Commissioning Committee (WHC/2025/045)

30 October 2025 Policy and strategy
Antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infection improvement goals: 2025 to 2027 (WHC/2025/039)

28 October 2025 Policy and strategy
New clinical pathway for treating and managing obesity (WHC/2025/043)

23 October 2025 Policy and strategy
Update: NHS Wales national clinical audit and outcome review plan 2025 to 2026 (WHC/2025/042)

20 October 2025 Policy and strategy
Infected blood inquiry: implementing recommendation 7e, SHOT reports (WHC/2025/037)

20 October 2025 Policy and strategy
Data standards notice of change for planned care referrals (WHC/2025/034)

1 October 2025 Policy and strategy
Data standards notice of change for Waiting Well single point of contact (WHC/2025/031)

26 September 2025 Policy and strategy
Accessible communication and information standards in healthcare (WHC/2025/038)

23 September 2025 Policy and strategy
The safe and responsible adoption of ambient voice technologies (AI scribes) in clinical settings (WHC/2025/026)

5 August 2025 Guidance
Introduction of a new RSV passive immunisation from autumn 2025 (WHC/2025/029)

14 August 2025 Policy and strategy
All-Wales gluten free subsidy card scheme (WHC/2025/027)

17 July 2025 Policy and strategy
Overseas visitors' eligibility to receive free primary care (WHC/2025/025)

14 July 2025 Policy and strategy
Expansion of shingles immunisation for severely immunosuppressed people aged 18 to 49 (WHC/2025/028)

14 August 2025 Policy and strategy
Licensing scheme for special procedures in Wales (WHC/2025/008)

27 June 2025 Policy and strategy
The national COVID-19 vaccination programme autumn 2025 (WHC/2025/022)

27 June 2025 Guidance
Interim changes to NHS model standing financial instructions (WHC/2025/012)

24 June 2025 Policy and strategy
PPE stockpile volumes in Wales (WHC/2025/023)

16 June 2025 Policy and strategy
Introduction of routine vaccinations for mpox and gonorrhoea (WHC/2025/021)

11 June 2025 Policy and strategy
The national influenza immunisation programme 2025 to 2026 (WHC/2025/020)

12 August 2025 Policy and strategy
Changes to routine childhood and selective neonatal hepatitis B vaccinations (WHC/2025/019)

22 May 2025 Policy and strategy
Recording of mental health outcome measures (WHC/2025/006)

13 May 2025 Policy and strategy
Tranexamic acid use: recommendation 7a of the Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI) (WHC/2025/017)

12 May 2025 Policy and strategy
Tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) for the management of obesity and overweight (WHC/2025/018)

9 May 2025 Policy and strategy
Update on RSV vaccination programme 2025 (WHC/2025/016)

7 May 2025 Policy and strategy
NHS Wales financial monitoring return guidance: 2025 to 2026 (WHC/2025/013)

24 April 2025 Policy and strategy
NHS Wales national clinical audit and outcome review plan 2025 to 2026 (WHC/2025/004)

20 October 2025 Policy and strategy
People's experience framework (WHC/2024/015)

22 April 2025 Policy and strategy
Changes to prescribing antiviral and antibody treatments for COVID-19 (WHC/2025/010)

15 April 2025 Policy and strategy
Identity verification for digital health services in primary care (NHS login) (WHC/2025/011)

11 April 2025 Policy and strategy
Climate emergency leadership day and adaptation (WHC/2025/005)

12 March 2025 Policy and strategy
NHS Wales sustainability conference and awards (WHC/2025/001)

6 March 2025 Policy and strategy
Timelines and responsibilities for Early Warning Scores (EWS) (WHC/2025/002)

4 March 2025 Policy and strategy

Circulars 2024

Disputed debts between NHS organisations: guidance (WHC/2024/022)

3 February 2025 Policy and strategy
Health board allocations: 2025 to 2026 (WHC/2024/051)

27 January 2025 Guidance
Infected Blood Inquiry: carrying out recommendation 8a and 8b (WHC/2024/050)

20 December 2024 Policy and strategy
COVID-19 spring vaccination programme 2025 (WHC/2024/047)

19 December 2024 Guidance
Change to the influenza vaccination programme 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/046)

4 December 2024 Policy and strategy
Integration framework for internationally educated nurses (WHC/2024/021)

25 November 2024 Policy and strategy
Spotting sepsis in children, awareness leaflet (WHC/2024/045)

18 November 2024 Policy and strategy
Pertussis vaccination for healthcare workers (WHC/2024/043)

15 November 2024 Policy and strategy
Anti-racism e-learning module (WHC/2024/044)

5 November 2024 Policy and strategy
Ambulance patient handover guidance (WHC/2024/041)

25 October 2024 Policy and strategy
Adopting a patient and family-initiated escalation approach (WHC/2024/040)

4 October 2024 Policy and strategy
Pre-transfusion sample taking (WHC/2024/039)

3 October 2024 Guidance
Winter respiratory framework 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/037)

20 September 2024 Policy and strategy
Healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance goals 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/038)

27 September 2024 Policy and strategy
Standardising the management of acute deterioration (WHC/2024/035)

17 September 2024 Policy and strategy
Oxygen cylinders: regulation 28 report and patient safety notice 041 reminder (WHC/2024/036)

30 August 2024 Guidance
National framework for commissioning care and support (WHC/2024/0234)

28 August 2024 Guidance
Governance on interim appointments to executive and senior positions (WHC/2024/013)

22 August 2024 Guidance
Winter respiratory vaccination programme 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/033) (expired)

25 July 2025 Guidance
Published weight management medication pathway (WHC/2024/030)

3 July 2024 Policy and strategy
Introduction of RSV vaccination programme 2024 (WHC/2024/032)

25 June 2024 Policy and strategy
Critical care escalation guidance (WHC/2024/027)

19 June 2024 Policy and strategy
Agency workforce reduction programme and control framework 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/031)

17 June 2024 Guidance
The national influenza immunisation programme 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/028)

12 June 2024 Guidance
Certification of vision impairment in primary and community care (WHC/2024/029)

11 June 2024 Guidance
NHS Wales financial monitoring guidance 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/026)

11 June 2024 Guidance
NHS Wales national clinical audit and outcome review plan 2024 to 2025 (WHC/025/24)

4 June 2024 Policy and strategy
Anti-violence collaborative obligatory responses document (WHC/2024/024)

21 May 2024 Policy and strategy
New treatment fund: directions on the exemptions for health boards and trusts (WHC/2024/020)

13 May 2024 Guidance
Introducing ONS geographic codes for use as standard in NHS Wales (WHC/2024/014)

7 May 2024 Policy and strategy
Changes to standing orders in health boards and NHS trusts (WHC/2024/019)

23 April 2024 Policy and strategy
Healthy Child Wales Programme: for school aged children (WHC/2024/016)

11 April 2024 Policy and strategy
Suspected cancer pathway: guidelines (WHC/2024/07)

9 April 2024 Guidance
Implementation of the non-pay parts of the 2022 to 2024 collective agreement (WHC/2024/017)

5 April 2024 Policy and strategy
The national clinical guideline for stroke (WHC/2024/006)

22 March 2024 Policy and strategy
Nursing preceptorship and restorative clinical supervision: position statement (WHC/2024/012)

21 March 2024 Policy and strategy
Changes to Welsh Government dietary advice for young children (WHC/2024/011)

8 March 2024 Policy and strategy
Standards for Competency Assurance of Non-Medical Prescribers in Wales (WHC/2024/02)

8 March 2024 Policy and strategy
NHS Welsh Sustainability Conference and Awards: new date (WHC/2024/010)

4 March 2024 Policy and strategy
Sterile preparation of medicine in NHS Wales (WHC/2024/004)

12 February 2024 Policy and strategy
Recording dementia read codes (WHC/2023/045)

20 February 2024 Policy and strategy
COVID-19 spring booster 2024 (WHC/2024/009) (expired)

25 July 2025 Guidance
Vaccination of children to protect against measles (WHC/2024/008)

2 February 2024 Policy and strategy
Private obesity surgery and the Welsh NHS (WHC/2024/005)

1 February 2024 Policy and strategy
Refresh of the rare disease action plan 2022 to 2026 (WHC/2023/041)

6 December 2023 Policy and strategy
Changes to getting COVID-19 tests and treatment for people at most risk (WHC/2024/001)

11 January 2024 Policy and strategy
Health board allocations: 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2023/048)

8 January 2024 Guidance