Health professionals

Online and interactive meningitis resources for all health professionals who work with patients affected by meningitis and septicaemia.

Resources can be ordered online and include treatment protocols, as well as general patient awareness materials.

All resources have been developed in consultation with health professionals.

Ambulance personnel

Identification and management information on meningitis and septicaemia for Ambulance Personnel.


General practice

Guidelines for identifying and managing meningococcal disease in general practice.


Frontline nurses

The vital role of frontline nurses in early recognition of meningitis and septicaemia.


Doctors in Training

Booklet that aids the recognition and early management of meningococcal disease

Hospital doctors - paediatrics

Treatment protocols for doctors in emergency medicine, paediatrics, PICUs, anaesthetics and general medicine.

Hospital doctors - adults

Treatment protocol for doctors in emergency medicine, ICUs, anaesthetics and general medicine.

Community practitioners

Help in recognising meningitis and septicaemia, and with talking to parents about vaccination.

Public health teams

Working with public health when a case occurs in a community.


Conference 2013

Meningitis and Septicaemia in Children and Adults 2013
Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 November 2013
Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK

Conference 2011

Posters, presentations, abstracts and biogs from MRF's two-day international conference

Conference 2009

Meningitis and septicaemia in children and adults - two day international conference in November 2009 at the Royal Society of Medicine


Meningitis Symposium 2011

All the presentations

Meningitis Symposium 2010

Presentation by top experts  and a MRF Member's experience

Useful links

Further information about meningitis and septicaemia.


Order or download resources

Visit our public awareness and resources for health professionals section to order or download our literature

Neuro Infections Charities Network Conference 2011

Download the presentations from Catching Your Death - the impact of serious infectious diseases the first NICN collaborative conference

Other conferences of interest

Forthcoming conferences


Connor Duncan

Pneumococcal meningitis

Pneumococcal meningitis at 15 months

As a family it’s affected us emotionally

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Do we need an extra dose of meningococcal vaccine in adolescence in the UK

Professor Andrew Pollard answers
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Why are MRF continuing to fund MenB research?

Professor Christoph Tang answers
Current research
Petri dishes

Trial of Group B meningococcal vaccines in adults

Vaccination against the main cause of meningitis and septicaemia in the UK and Ireland

Robbie Coleman

MRF Scotland Medical Information Officer

Robbie Coleman

I channel my efforts into trying to prevent people suffering.