External guidance
Links to external guidance relating to coronavirus (COVID‑19).
- Ards and North Down Borough Council: risk assessment
- Association of Local Authority Medical Advisors: how to assess a worker’s vulnerability
- British Medical Journal: interpreting a COVID-19 test result
- British Standards Institution: guidance on safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Cabinet Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: guidance on closing certain businesses and venues
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: research letter – COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020
- Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers: guidance on emerging from lockdown
- Citizens Advice: what to do if coronavirus affects your work, benefits or travel
- Crown Prosecution Service: statements obtained over the telephone – best practice guidance
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: guidance for people who work in or run hotels and other guest accommodation
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: keeping workers and clients safe during COVID-19 in close contact services
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: keeping workers and customers safe during COVID-19 in restaurants, pubs, bars and takeaway services
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: working safely during coronavirus (eight guides covering a range of different types of work)
- Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, Food Standards Agency and Public Health England: guidance for food businesses on coronavirus
- Department for Transport, Maritime & Coastguard Agency and Public Health England: guidance for shipping and sea ports
- Department of Health & Social Care: COVID-19 contain framework: a guide for local decision-makers
- Dr Sara Hayes: what we know about COVID-19 presentation
- ESCMID Study Group for Legionella Infections: guidance for managing Legionella in building water systems
- Environmental Health Northamptonshire: COVID-19 risk assessment checklist documents
- Food Authenticity Network: resources to help mitigate food fraud during COVID-19
- Food Standards Agency: guidance for consumers on coronavirus (COVID-19) and food
- Food Standards Agency: food safety coaching (Part 1): handwashing
- Health and Safety Executive: statement on air conditioning
- Health and Safety Executive: working safely during the coronavirus outbreak – a short guide
- Institute of Food Science & Technology: food safety risk during the pandemic (IFST Journal)
- Journal of Hospital Infection: Transmission of SARS and MERS coronaviruses and influenza virus in healthcare settings article
- Institute of Food Science and Technology: COVID-19 Knowledge Hub
- The Lancet: Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: guidance for local government
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: reopening of public toilets and tips
- Peter Littleton: what we know about COVID-19 presentation
- Public Health England: cleaning in non-healthcare settings
- Public Health England: guidance for supported living and home care
- Resolution Foundation: Failed safe? Enforcing workplace health and safety in the age of Covid-19
- Society for Occupational Medicine: Returning to the workplace after the COVID-19 lockdown – toolkits
- Society for Occupational Medicine: What should Occupational Health Professionals know about Mental Health and COVID-19?
- UK Government: coronavirus legislation
- UKHospitality: COVID-19 secure advice and risk assessments for hospitality businesses
- World Health Organization: considerations in adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19 (interim guidance)
- World Health Organization: guidelines on hand hygiene in health care
- World Health Organization: when and how to use masks
- Cabinet Office: meeting with others safely (social distancing)
- Cabinet Office: COVID-19 Response – Spring 2021
- Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, Food Standards Agency and Public Health England: guidance for food businesses on coronavirus
- Food Standards Agency: reopening and adapting your food business during COVID-19
- Government Equalities Office: Minister for Equalities sets out government action to tackle Covid disparities
- Health and Safety Executive: latest information and advice
- Health and Safety Executive: what to include in your COVID-19 risk assessment
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: Government support available for landlords and renters reflecting the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: guidance to support local authority compliance and enforcement activity, including COVID-19 secure marshals or equivalents
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: safer public places - urban centres and green spaces
- Public Health England and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: guidance for employees, employers and businesses
- Department of Health Northern Ireland: The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
- Department of Health Northern Ireland: guidance for homeless providers
- Food Standards Agency: reopening and adapting your food business during COVID-19
- Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland: safety measures advice for businesses
- nidirect: gradual reopening of outdoor recreation sites
- Public Health Agency Northern Ireland: advice for people with a learning disability
- Public Health Agency Northern Ireland: guidance on Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Tourism Northern Ireland: practical guidance for working safely during COVID-19
- Food Standards Agency: reopening and adapting your food business during COVID-19
- Health and Safety Executive: latest information and advice
- Health and Safety Executive: what to include in your COVID-19 risk assessment
- Public Health England and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: guidance for employees, employers and businesses
- Public Health Wales: A Health Impact Assessment of the 'Staying at Home and Social Distancing Policy' in Wales
- Welsh Government: beauty, holistic and wellbeing services: coronavirus workplace guidance
- Welsh Government: creating safer public places
- Welsh Government: guidance for holiday accommodation businesses
- Welsh Government: guidance for landlords and managing agents in the private rented sector (version 3)
- Welsh Government: guidance for local authorities on enforcing standards in rented properties
- Welsh Government: guidance for providers of accommodation for survivors of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence
- Welsh Government: guidance for substance misuse and homelessness services
- Welsh Government: guidance for tenants in the private rented sector
- Welsh Government: guidance to care and repair agencies, local authorities and registered social landlords providing housing adaptations
- Welsh Government: health guidance for social landlords
- Welsh Government: local authority support for rough sleepers
- Welsh Government: repairs to your rented home during the coronavirus pandemic
- Welsh Government: social landlords housing regulation guidance
- Welsh Government: tattoo and body piercing services: coronavirus workplace guidance
CIEH Leadership Programme
Take your career to the next level with the CIEH Leadership Programme.
Find out more