Childhood Immunisation Changes – January 2026
Changes to Shingles vaccination programme
From 1 September 2025, patients aged 18+ who are severely immunosuppressed will qualify for the Shingles vaccination programme (previously 50 years +). Patients will be offered 2 doses of the non-live shingles vaccine, Shingrix, with the second dose given 8 weeks to 6...
RSV in Pregnancy – CQRS Returns
From September, this will be an auto CQRS extraction. To ensure practices qualify for payment in future automated extractions, it is essential that both the RSV vaccination and a pregnancy code are recorded on the same day in the patient record. This is unusual as you...
Shingles Vaccination Eligibility from 1st September 2025
From 1 September 2025, eligibility criteria now includes those who are severely immunosuppressed (SIS) and aged 18-49 years (previously only included SIS patients 50 years +). Patients should receive Shingrix® (2-dose schedule), the second dose administered 8 weeks to...
HPV Catch-Up Campaign
For the 2025/26 GP campaign, which runs from 21st July 2025 to 31st March 2026, practices should invite unvaccinated individuals aged 16-24 for their HPV vaccine. This includes: all females born on or before 01/09/2009 – up to their 25th birthday males born from 1...Free Monthly Hints & Tips
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