hselogo hpsclogo Slogan
  • RSS
  • Data Privacy
  • Cookie Policy
  • +353 1 8765300
  • Home
  • Menu
  • Health Topics A-Z
  • About Notifiable Diseases
  • Disease Data
  • Publications
  • About HPSC
  • Home
  • A - Z
  • Life Stages
  • Childcare
  • Sample Notification Letters to Parents

Sample Notification Letters to Parents

For COVID-19 return to school forms, please see here.

Below are a selection of letters to parents, in English and Irish, informing them of certain, milder infectious diseases that, after discussion with your local Department of Public Health, you may find useful to be able to send to parents. If a case appears in your childcare facility, the letters may help to provide information for parents and to allay anxiety.

These letters are available in Microsoft Word format so that they can be modified to suit your own needs.

Chickenpox

File Size: (27kB)

Chickenpox [Irish language version]

File Size: (31kb)

Headlice

File Size: (27kB)

Headlice [Irish language version]

File Size: (37kB)

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

File Size: (27kB)

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease [Irish language version]

File Size: (37kB)

Impetigo

File Size: (25kB)

Impetigo [Irish language version]

File Size: (38kB)

Norovirus (Winter Vomiting Disease)

File Size: (26kB)

Norovirus [Irish language version]

File Size: (37kB)

Parvovirus

File Size: (15kB)

Parvovirus [Irish language version]

File Size: (20kB)

Ringworm

File Size: (24kB)

Ringworm [Irish language version]

File Size: (31kB)

Rubella

File Size: (26kB)

Rubella [Irish language version]

File Size: (39kB)

Scabies

File Size: (24kB)

Scarlet Fever

File Size: (25kB)

Threadworm

File Size: (24kB)

Sample Notification Letters to Parents

  • When should my child return to school childcare
  • Sample Notification Letters to Parents
  • Sample cleaning schedule and checklist
  • Respiratory hygiene posters

Find a Topic


Topics A - Z

Publications

  • Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for the management of suspected/ confirmed High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCIDs) in Acute Healthcare settings 31 October 2025
  • Contact Precautions (adult) poster 31 October 2025
  • Contact Precautions (paed) poster 31 October 2025
  • Airborne Precautions (adult) poster 31 October 2025

News

  • HSE HPSC launches Ireland’s first data hub for disease outbreaks 29 October 2025
  • HSE warns of danger of wild birds - Don’t touch sick or dead wild birds 6 October 2025
  • Mpox: Current situation 25 September 2025
  • Mpox: Update 18 September 18 September 2025

25-27 Middle Gardiner St, Dublin 1 Ireland. t: +353 1 8765300 f: +353 1 8561299
 

© Health Protection Surveillance Centre 2011-2020

wai
Cookie Settings