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Change description : 2025-10-09 09:30:00: Replaces both ‘Management of TB in prisons for prison healthcare teams’ (published in 2013) and ‘Guidance for health protection teams (HPTs) on responding to TB incidents and outbreaks in prisons and other places of detention’ (published in 2014) and combines them into one single guidance for all audiences in secure settings. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

ManagingManagement of tuberculosis (TB)in secure settings in prisonsEngland

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From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
1 May 2013
Last updated
159 JulyOctober 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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    Updates to this page

    Published 1 May 2013
    Last updated 159 JulyOctober 2025 + show all updates

    2. Rebranded page to UKHSA. No change to content.

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    Update history

    2025-10-09 09:30
    Replaces both ‘Management of TB in prisons for prison healthcare teams’ (published in 2013) and ‘Guidance for health protection teams (HPTs) on responding to TB incidents and outbreaks in prisons and other places of detention’ (published in 2014) and combines them into one single guidance for all audiences in secure settings.

    2025-07-15 16:49
    Rebranded page to UKHSA. No change to content.