PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(7 April 2025)

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.

Asked by:
Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative)

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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