Professional Resources This site puts cookies on your device to make it work better. By continuing to use our site, we’ll assume you’re okay with this. More about cookies Close notification Home Adult social care and health Infection prevention and control Infection Prevention and Control: our service Leicestershire County Council is part of the Local Authority Community Infection Prevention and Control Service (LACIPCS) for Leicestershire County, Leicester City and Rutland County Councils. Information about the 10 criterion of the Hygiene Code that care homes should comply with when registering with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) can be found in:Code of practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance PDF, 2.4 mbOpens new windowContact the serviceLocal Authority Community Infection Prevention and Control Service (LACIPCS) Telephone: 0116 305 0705 Email: infection@leics.gov.uk Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm, closed on Saturday and SundayWhen you call the LACIPCS, a member of the Business Support Team will answer your call and take a brief message. The information will then be passed onto an infection prevention and control nurse who will telephone you as soon as possible.Should you need to contact Public Health England (formerly the Health Protection Agency / Unit), telephone 0344 225 4524 option 1. A duty officer is available 24 hours a day Monday to Sunday. All outbreaks of infection should be reported on this number.If you are concerned that a resident/service user has an infection you should contact their GP in the first instance.LACIPCS contact details poster PDF, 834 kbOpens new window Help us improve this page Hide content Was this page helpful? Yes It was helpful, but Please select a reasonthere's a broken link it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other No Please select a reasonit didn't answer my question it's not detailed enough it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other Details Email address We’ll only use this to ask for more detail if we need to. Top of page
Home Adult social care and health Infection prevention and control Infection Prevention and Control: our service Leicestershire County Council is part of the Local Authority Community Infection Prevention and Control Service (LACIPCS) for Leicestershire County, Leicester City and Rutland County Councils. Information about the 10 criterion of the Hygiene Code that care homes should comply with when registering with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) can be found in:Code of practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance PDF, 2.4 mbOpens new windowContact the serviceLocal Authority Community Infection Prevention and Control Service (LACIPCS) Telephone: 0116 305 0705 Email: infection@leics.gov.uk Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm, closed on Saturday and SundayWhen you call the LACIPCS, a member of the Business Support Team will answer your call and take a brief message. The information will then be passed onto an infection prevention and control nurse who will telephone you as soon as possible.Should you need to contact Public Health England (formerly the Health Protection Agency / Unit), telephone 0344 225 4524 option 1. A duty officer is available 24 hours a day Monday to Sunday. All outbreaks of infection should be reported on this number.If you are concerned that a resident/service user has an infection you should contact their GP in the first instance.LACIPCS contact details poster PDF, 834 kbOpens new window Help us improve this page Hide content Was this page helpful? Yes It was helpful, but Please select a reasonthere's a broken link it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other No Please select a reasonit didn't answer my question it's not detailed enough it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other Details Email address We’ll only use this to ask for more detail if we need to.