NHS England’s Specialised Services would like to seek your views on a draft new service specification. There are two separate service specifications, one for children and one for adults.
The purpose of High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID) Critical Care Transfer Services is the safe and effective transfer of patients with diseases that are known or suspected to be transmissible from person to person via the airborne route or contact route.
Around one patient every 3-5 years might need this service. There are a small number of units across the country. Patients are transferred to HCID units follow a confirmed diagnosis. For paediatrics, patients with a strong likelihood of a positive diagnosis may be considered for transfer. Some patients may require critical care supported transfers.
This proposal will improve the care and outcomes for adults and children with an HCID who need to be admitted to a specialist HCID unit and who need critical care support during the transfer. There are currently no commissioned services currently for this cohort.
Your input is critical to the development of effective and meaningful national standards.
The draft new service specifications and an equalities and health inequalities assessment (EHIA) set out what is being proposed.
Adults
HCID Adult Critical Care Transfer Services.docx
EHIA Adults HCID Critical Care Transfer Services.docx
Children
HCID Paediatric Critical Care Transfer Services.docx
EHIA Paediatric HCID Critical Care Transfer Services.docx
All questions are optional and you can review them before you start. It is not possible to save your answers part way through and return to the form later.
Please do not provide any personal or clinical information about yourself, as this will be deleted and cannot be included in the engagement report.
You are welcome to respond on behalf of your group or organisation, or as an individual. You may wish to consult others as part of your response. You must declare any conflict of interests relating to this document or service area.
It is not possible to save your answers and return to the form later, so you may wish to review the questions and read the supporting documents before you start.
Please submit your feedback by 9 January 2026. Feedback and comments are accepted only via the forms below.
High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID) Critical Care Transfer Services (Adults) – Fill in form
Thank you for taking the time to read and give feedback. If you have any questions about this stakeholder survey, please email [email protected]
