Oxfordshire Tuberculosis (TB) Service

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

For information about TB please visit the NHS website:

Our services

Oxfordshire TB Service offers an outpatient service for individuals suspected and diagnosed with latent/active TB.

We specialise in supporting those with complex medical needs such as HIV, paediatric TB and multi-drug resistant TB.

We do this through face to face appointments, telephone consultations and home visits where appropriate.

TB nurses also support individuals diagnosed with TB while in hospital.

We offer TB screening for anyone who has had close contact with someone diagnosed with TB, or for anyone concerned they may have encountered the bacteria, or as part of the national TB screening programme.

We can offer advice and information for the public, health professionals and GPs.

We offer the BCG vaccination only to those who meet specific criteria outlined in NICE guidelines and the Green Book.

Newborns / children

We do not offer BCG vaccination for newborns unless they have been identified as close contacts of someone with infectious TB.

If you have a newborn who needs a BCG vaccine but does not meet this criterion, please contact the midwifery team at the hospital where the child was born to follow up on the referral.

If you are enquiring about BCG vaccination for a child for any other reason, please email the Royal Berkshire team in Reading to check the child’s eligibility. They are commissioned to provide BCGs in other situations.

Email: rbft.tbservice-refs@nhs.net