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For medical advice or information you should contact your GP or NHS Direct on 0845 4647 (for 24 hour health advice) or visit the NHS choices website.

We are unable to provide clinical advice to members of the public.

If you are a healthcare professional with an enquiry please visit the healthcare professionals advice page.

For contact details of the HPA centres, regional offices and health protection units please refer to the HPA Locations and Directions pages.

If you are a journalist and have a media enquiry please visit our news centre for contact details of our press offices.

If you have a business or commercial enquiry please visit our business development team page.

For further information regarding the international work of the HPA, please contact international.office@hpa.org.uk.

For information about the HPA Culture Collection and provision of cell cultures please visit http://www.hpa.org.uk/ProductsServices/CultureCollections/ 

For information about current publications please visit our publications pages. Popular publications include Guidance on infection control in schools and other childcare settings and Guidance on malaria prevention for travellers which are available for download.

For copyright and permission requests please email permissions@hpa.org.uk  

If you are interested in working for the HPA please visit our careers pages, or view current vacancies.  If you are interested in a placement with the Health Protection Agency please visit opportunities for students and graduates.

For technical enquiries about the HPA website or for reporting faults, please email the web team. 

For all other non-medical enquiries please complete the contact form.  We aim to respond to most enquiries within three working days, however, some enquiries may take longer. This service does not operate outside normal working hours so please take this into consideration if you have an urgent enquiry.

• Information for healthcare professionals in need of health protection advice
  If you are a medical professional working in England and need health protection advice, please contact your local HPA Health Protection Unit. Our unit directory has links to all 26 units.
  Added/updated: 10 February 2012
  
• Information on the HPA's products and services
  Includes: cell cultures; radon screening and radiation protection; Rapid Review Panel for novel equipment and infection control.
  Added/updated: 1 September 2011