Website of the Department of Health

Keep Warm, Keep Well: A guide for people over 60

Information leaflet. Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.

• Keep Warm, Keep Well: A guide for people over 60

Keep Warm, Keep Well: A guide for families

Information leaflet. Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.

• Keep Warm, Keep Well: A guide for families

Keep Warm, Keep Well: A guide for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions

Information leaflet. Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.

• Keep Warm, Keep Well: A guide for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions

If you knew about flu, you'd get the jab

Campaign leaflet available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.

• If you knew about flu, you'd get the jab

NHS Constitution and NHS Constitution quick guide

Available in Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu.

• The National Health Service Constitution

Get better without using antibiotics

Available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Slovak, Somali, and Urdu

• Get better without using antibiotics

NHS dentistry in England: information for patients

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.

• NHS dentistry in England: information for patients (2008 edition)

2007

Flu vaccination for poultry workers

Available in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Russian, Urdu

• If you work with poultry, read this leaflet now

Hepatitis C - your questions answered

Available in Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujarati, Portuguese, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu.

• Hepatitis C - Your questions answered

Keep Warm Keep Well: Winter guide 2007-2008

Available in  Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi,  Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.

• Keep Warm Keep Well: Winter guide 2007-2008: Other languages

Our NHS Our future: NHS next stage review - interim report summary

Available in Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu.

• Our NHS Our future: NHS next stage review - interim report summary

HC11 Help with health costs

Available in Arabic,Bengali, Dari, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Urdu.

• HC11 Help with health costs (opens new window)

Breastfeeding - off to the best start

Available in Polish and Lithuanian.

• Breastfeeding: Off to the best start

A guide to immunisations up to 13 months of age

Available in Greek, Polish, Somali, Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Portuguese, Tamil, Cantonese, Italian, Punjabi, Turkish, Czech, Kurdish, Urdu, Farsi, Pashto, Spanish, Vietnamese, French.

• A guide to immunisations up to 13 months of age

TB, BCG vaccine and your baby

Available in Arabic, Polish, Latvian, Punjabi, Bengali, Estonian, Lithuanian, Turkish, Chinese, Gujarati, Urdu and Portuguese.

• TB, BCG vaccine and your baby

Stop smoking, start living

Available in Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Chinese (both Traditional and Simplified), Czech, Estonian, Farsi, French, Greek, Kurmanji, Latvian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

• Go Smokefree campaign website (opens new window)

2006

How a Community Matron can help you with your long term condition 

Available in Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish and Urdu

• How a Community Matron can help you with your long term condition

Breast screening: Over 70? You are still entitled to breast screening

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.

• Breast screening: Over 70? You are still entitled to breast screening

Be breast aware

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Ukranian, Urdu, Vietnamese

• Be breast aware

NHS cervical screening programme - the colposcopy examination

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu

• NHS Cervical Screening Programme: the colposcopy examination

NHS cervical screening programme - what your abnormal result means

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu

• NHS Cervical Screening Programme: What your abnormal result means

Bowel cancer screening - the facts

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Ukranian and Vietnamese

• Bowel cancer screening: the facts

Bowel cancer screening - the colonoscopy investigation

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Ukranian, Urdu and Vietnamese

• Bowel cancer screening the colonoscopy investigation

Pre-school immunisations: a guide to vaccinations for 3- to 5-year-olds

Available in Polish.

• Pre-school immunisations: a guide to vaccinations for 3- to 5-year-olds

Immunisation - Why our children must be protected (DVD)

Available in Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu.

• Immunisation - Why our children must be protected (DVD)

2005

Patient-held record for asylum-seekers and refugees – patient instructions

Available in Albanian, Arabic, Farsi , French, Kurdish, Pashto and Somali

• Patient-held record for asylum-seekers and refugees

Introduction to the NHS (fact sheet explaining the role of UK health services to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum)

Available in Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chechen, Chinese (Traditional - Cantonese), Chinese (Simplified - Mandarin), Croatian, Farsi, French, Gujerati, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Kinyarwanda, Kirmanji, Korean, Lingala, Lithuanian, Malay, Mongolian, Ndebele, Pashto, Portuguese, Punjabi , Russian Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinian, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba

• Introduction to the National Health Service

Pandemic flu: important information for you and your family, October 2005 edition

Available in Albanian, Bengali , Cantonese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

• Pandemic flu: important information for you and your family (October 2005 edition)

Independence, Well-being and Choice: Our Vision for the Future of Social Care for Adults in England - Executive Summary

Available in Bengali, Chinese,  Gujarati, Punjabi,  Turkish,  Urdu, Vietnamese

• Independence, well-being and choice: our vision for the future of social care for adults in England - executive summary

Health advice for travellers

Available in Welsh

The National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions: Information leaflet

Available in Arabic, Hindi and Somali.

• The National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions: Information leaflet

2004

Emergency multilingual phrasebook

Available in Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian-Bosanski, Chinese, Czech, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lingala, Macedonian, Pashto, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh

• Emergency multilingual phrasebook

School fruit and vegetable scheme: information for parents

Available in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

• School fruit and vegetable scheme: information for parents

Agenda for Change – What will it mean for you? A guide for staff 

Available in Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujarati, Portuguese, Punjabi, Urdu

• Agenda for Change - What will it mean for you? A guide for staff

Breastfeeding

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu

• Breastfeeding

Cervical screening the facts

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Kurdish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu

• Cervical screening: The facts (2004 edition)

Choosing Health? A consultation on improving people's health

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu

• Choosing health - a consultation on improving people's health

2003

PSS User Experience Survey of clients with physical or sensory impairments aged 18-64

Sample survey forms available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

• PSS User Experience Survey of clients with physical or sensory impairments aged 18-64

Choice, responsiveness and equity in the NHS and social care: a national consultation 

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu.

• Choice, responsiveness and equity in the NHS and social care: a national consultation

How to give up tobacco use / Deciding to give up tobacco use

Available in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu.

• Go Smokefree campaign website (opens new window)

Building on the best: Choice, responsiveness and equity in the NHS - response document 

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu

• Choice, responsiveness and equity in the NHS and social care: a national consultation

Living with diabetes: your future and wellbeing

Available in Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu

• Living with diabetes: your future and wellbeing

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

Available in Welsh

• Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (opens new window)

MMR - the facts

Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu.

• MMR the facts

2002

About the Consent Form

Available in Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

• Consent forms - translations

Consent form 1 - Patient agreement to investigation or treatment

Available in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Kurdish Sorani, Polish, Punjabi, Pushto, Somali, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

• Consent forms - translations

Consent form 2 - Parental agreement to investigation or treatment for a child or young person

Available in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Kurdish Sorani, Polish, Punjabi, Pushto, Somali, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

• Consent forms - translations

Consent form 3 - Patient/parental agreement to investigation or treatment (procedures where consciousness not impaired)

Available in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Kurdish Sorani, Polish, Punjabi, Pushto, Somali, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

• Consent forms - translations

Consent form 4 - Form for adults who are unable to consent to investigation or treatment

Available in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Kurdish Sorani, Polish, Punjabi, Pushto, Somali, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

• Consent forms - translations

2000

HIV testing as part of your antenatal care: better for your baby

Available in Arabic, Gujarati, Punjabi, Somali, Swahili and Turkish.

• HIV testing as part of your antenatal care: better for your baby