COVID-19 vaccination guidance

Latest updates

Title Date published/updated
Community Pharmacy Enhanced Service COVID-19 vaccination programme: September 2023 to March 2024 5 September 2023
Enhanced Service Specification – COVID-19 vaccination programme: 1 September 2023 to 31 March 2024 5 September 2023
BA2.86 risk and changes to autumn/winter 2023/24 vaccination delivery programme 30 August 2023
Autumn/Winter 2023-24 Flu and COVID-19 Seasonal Campaign 10 August 2023
COVID-19 ES (with Synergistic Seasonal Influenza [and/or] co-administration) Vaccination Collaboration Agreement 4 August 2023
GP COVID-19 enhanced service specification 4 August 2023
Preparing for a successful spring 2023 COVID-19 booster campaign 24 February 2023
Alternative seasonal booster 22 November 2022
Maximising uptake of antenatal vaccinations during the autumn COVID-19 booster and flu vaccine programmes 19 September 2023
Transfer of COVID-19 vaccines between NHS vaccination sites 29 September 2022
Autumn COVID-19 booster and flu vaccine programme 18 August 2022
COVID-19 vaccination programme: Site designation and onboarding process September 2022 – March 2023 (Phase 5) 6 July 2022
Next steps for COVID-19 vaccination 22 June 2022
Identifying and inviting or signposting people who are immunosuppressed for the COVID-19 spring booster 13 June 2022
Guidance on ‘pausing’ LVS, HH/HH+ and VC sites 3 May 2022
Updated JCVI advice for vaccinating 5 to 11-year-olds 18 February 2022
Contacting patients who are severely immunosuppressed about their booster dose 25 January 2022
Maximising access to COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy 25 January 2022
Generating local demand – delivering the maximum available vaccinations 10 January 2022
Updated JCVI advice for the vaccination of children and young people 23 December 2021
A new national mission for the NHS: boosting our defences against Omicron 17 December 2021
National call: Next steps for the NHS COVID-19 vaccine deployment 13 December 2021

Primary care guidance

Title Date published/updated
Community Pharmacy Enhanced Service COVID-19 vaccination programme: September 2023 to March 2024 5 September 2023
Enhanced Service Specification – COVID-19 vaccination programme: 1 September 2023 to 31 March 2024 5 September 2023
BA2.86 risk and changes to autumn/winter 2023/24 vaccination delivery programme 30 August 2023
Autumn/Winter 2023-24 Flu and COVID-19 Seasonal Campaign 10 August 2023
COVID-19 ES (with Synergistic Seasonal Influenza [and/or] co-administration) Vaccination Collaboration Agreement 4 August 2023
GP COVID-19 enhanced service specification 4 August 2023
COVID-19 autumn booster and flu vaccine programme expansion 15 July 2022
COVID-19 vaccination enhanced service for autumn/winter 2022 for community pharmacy 21 March 2023
COVID-19 vaccination enhanced service specification 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023 for general practice 9 May 2023

If you would like to access older publications from the COVID-19 vaccination programme, please visit the national archives website.

• List of vaccination sites
• Legal mechanisms