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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

dentification 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

Treatment protocols for doctors in A & E, paediatrics, PICUs, anaesthetics and general medicine.

Hospital doctors

Treatment protocols for doctors in A & E, paediatrics, PICUs, 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 2009

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

Useful links

Further information about meningitis and septicaemia.


Kathryn de Villiers

Meningococcal disease

Meningococcal disease at 19

My last recollection was asking the doctor if I was going to die.