Leptospirosis: Health Education

(asked on 7th April 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve public awareness of the (a) risk factors (b) transmission and (c) symptoms of leptospirosis.


Answered by
Ashley Dalton Portrait
Ashley Dalton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 22nd April 2025

The UK Health Security Agency publishes standard guidance on the risk factors, transmission, and symptoms of leptospirosis, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/leptospirosis#full-publication-update-history.

National Health Service guidance is also available, at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/leptospirosis/.

Finally, guidance for workers is available from the Health and Safety Executive, at the following link:

https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/healthrisks/hazardous-substances/harmful-micro-organisms/leptospirosis-weils-disease.htm.

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