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  • National Stroke Clot Retrieval Service Improvement

    Find out about the Stroke Clot Retrieval programme, who's involved, and what we're doing to implement the plan.
  • Immunisation Handbook

    The Immunisation Handbook provides clinical guidelines for health professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their practice.
  • Communicable Disease Control Manual

    This manual describes standard practice for public health services to follow for the prevention and control of notifiable diseases.
  • Diseases and conditions

    Programmes of work related to specific diseases and conditions.
  • Maternity

    Maternity guidelines for health professionals.
  • Oral health

    Oral health guidelines for health professionals.
  • Specific life stage health information

    Health information about a number of different life stages and life events, such as babies and toddlers, children, teenagers and older people.

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