New Interim Director General for Adult Social Care
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced Sally Warren as the new Interim Director General for Adult Social Care. She is replacing Michelle Dyson, whose last day is Friday 18 July 2025.
Communicating vaccines webinar.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHAS), NHS England and DHSC will introduce their new integrated approach to vaccines campaigning and share evidence-based insights on increasing vaccine confidence. The webinar takes place on Monday 21 July from 2pm-3:15pm. Register your interest via Microsoft Forms.
Caldicott Guardian Learning Network
The Digital Care Hub and the National Care Forum will host a webinar to bring together a range of Caldicott Guardians to encourage and explore innovation in relation to the role and influence future ways of working.
The webinar takes place on Thursday 31 July from 12pm – 1pm. Click here to register.
Mpox: affected countries
Figure 1: Geographic distribution of MPXV clades, by country, as reported on 11 July 2025. And Table 2: Countries with evidence of ongoing clade I mpox transmission or exportation during the 2024 to 2025 outbreak, have been updated based on the latest WHO emergency situation report 55. Click here to learn more.
