Latest resources and updates June 2025

CHILDHOOD SCHEDULE CHANGES 2025/2026

East Anglia drop-in session slides are accessible here where we discussed the upcoming changes to the routine childhood schedule. PGDs will be available in time to review and authorise before the 1st July 2025.

Please familiarise yourself with the schedule changes outlined in the letter published May 2025.

The national slide set is now available.

JCVI statement on changes to the childhood immunisation schedule.

Resources, PGDs and Green Book chapters are all being updated and once published will be available on the ‘Vaccine programme resources‘ or PGD pages

Flu 2025-2026

New resources for the 2025-2026 flu programme have recently been published:

1. Fu vaccination leaflets briefings for preschool/primary and secondary school aged children (with translations available shortly).  Also available are the “5 reasons to have the flu vaccine” posters and stickers – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flu-vaccination-leaflets-and-posters

2. Invitation letter and consent form for school age children – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flu-vaccination-in-schools

3. Invitation letter for children aged 2-3 years old – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flu-vaccination-invitation-letter-template-for-children-aged-2-3-and-4-years

4. The British Islamic Medical Association have also updated their materials (with translated versions available in due course).  Visit:  https://britishima.org/advice/flu/  

The National Flu Letter 2025_2026

COVID-19

The Spring COVID-19 vaccination programme began on 1 April 2025 and the campaign will end on 17 June 2025. The following groups should be offered a COVID-19 vaccine:
• all adults aged 75 years and over including individuals aged 74 who will have their75th birthday before the campaign ends
• residents in a care home for older adults
• individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunocompromised, as defined in the ‘immunosuppression’ sections of tables 3 and 4 of the Green Book chapter 14a

Priority should be given to older adult care homes and eligible housebound patients.

Herts & W.Essex and BLMK Immunisation Training for registered immunisers, June 2025

Slides are available here.

Certificate of training