• Reference Number: HEY171/2026
• Departments: Corporate, Infection Prevention and Control
• Last Updated: 28 February 2026

Introduction

This leaflet has been produced to give you general information about common infective illnesses. Most of your questions should be answered by this leaflet. It is not intended to replace the discussion between you and your doctor, but may act as a starting point for discussion. If after reading it you have any concerns or require further explanation, please discuss this with a member of the healthcare team caring for you.

List of common infective illnesses and the National PILs

Below are links to National Infection Prevention and Control Patient Information Leaflets for common infective illnesses:

Animal and human bites – NHS

Aspergillosis – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Athlete’s foot – NHS

 Bird flu – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

 Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) – NHS

COVID-19 – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Chickenpox – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Cholera – NHS

Chest infection – NHS

Conjunctivitis – NHS

Cellulitis – NHS

Diarrhoea and vomiting – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Dengue – NHS

Diphtheria – NHS

Ebola virus disease – NHS

Flu – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Food poisoning – NHS

Gastritis – NHS

Glandular fever – NHS

Group B strep – NHS

HIV and AIDS – NHS

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Hepatitis – NHS

Hepatitis A – NHS

Hepatitis B – NHS

Hepatitis C – NHS

Hand, foot and mouth disease – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Head lice and nits – NHS

Impetigo – NHS

Infected piercings – NHS

Insect bites and stings – NHS

Japanese encephalitis – NHS

Legionnaires’ disease – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Lyme disease – NHS

Long COVID – NHS

MRSA – NHS

Mumps – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Malaria – NHS

Meningitis – NHS

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) – NHS

Mpox – NHS

Necrotising fasciitis – NHS

Norovirus (vomiting bug) – NHS

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – NHS

Rubella (german measles) – NHS

Rabies – NHS

Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) – NHS

Staph infection – NHS

Scabies – NHS

Scarlet fever – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Shingles – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Strep A – NHS (www.nhs.uk) 

Tuberculosis (TB) – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Threadworms – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Typhus – NHS

Typhoid fever – NHS

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) – NHS

Whooping cough – NHS

Yellow fever – NHS

Zika virus – NHS

Contact details

If you, your family or carers have any questions or concerns surrounding VRE. Please contact Humber Health Partnership Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCTs) via the below contact routes:

Hull Royal Infirmary: Tel: 01482 311550

Castle Hill Hospital: Tel: 01482 623066

Between 8am to 4pm

General Advice and Consent

Most of your questions should have been answered by this leaflet, but remember that this is only a starting point for discussion with the healthcare team.

Consent to treatment

Before any doctor, nurse or therapist examines or treats you, they must seek your consent or permission. In order to make a decision, you need to have information from health professionals about the treatment or investigation which is being offered to you. You should always ask them more questions if you do not understand or if you want more information.

The information you receive should be about your condition, the alternatives available to you, and whether it carries risks as well as the benefits. What is important is that your consent is genuine or valid. That means:

• you must be able to give your consent
• you must be given enough information to enable you to make a decision
• you must be acting under your own free will and not under the strong influence of another person

Information about you

We collect and use your information to provide you with care and treatment. As part of your care, information about you will be shared between members of a healthcare team, some of whom you may not meet. Your information may also be used to help train staff, to check the quality of our care, to manage and plan the health service, and to help with research. Wherever possible we use anonymous data.

We may pass on relevant information to other health organisations that provide you with care. All information is treated as strictly confidential and is not given to anyone who does not need it. If you have any concerns please ask your doctor, or the person caring for you.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 we are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any information we hold about you. For further information visit the following page: Confidential Information about You.

If you or your carer needs information about your health and wellbeing and about your care and treatment in a different format, such as large print, braille or audio, due to disability, impairment or sensory loss, please advise a member of staff and this can be arranged.