Vaccine programme resources

These webpages are primarily directed at health care professionals delivering the vaccination services that we commission.

If you are a member of the public seeking information about NHS screening or immunisation programmes please go to the NHS website or speak to your GP, practice nurse or other health care professional.

The purpose of this webpage is to make information more easily accessible to primary care professionals who provide immunisation services. Comprehensive information for all national screening and immunisation programmes is available on Population screening programmes: detailed information – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and Health Security Agency website.

The general practice vaccination and immunisation services: standards and core contractual requirements can be found here

To access the latest guidance click on the relevant link below. Please note that any items printed off may quickly become out of date.

Commonly used sites for vaccination information

Childhood Schedule Changes 2025/2026 – resources published on gov.uk

Vaccine programme specific health care practitioner guidance

 

JCVI statement on a childhood varicella (chickenpox) vaccination programme

National Vaccination Strategy Published 13.12.23

UKHSA vaccine updates

Seasonal flu programme

HPV

National human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and immunisation catch-up campaign for 2025/26

Many of you will have seen the press release confirming the national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and immunisation catch-up campaign for 2025/26.

General Practices are required to run one catch-up campaign per year, and it has been decided nationally that the 25/26 catch-up campaign is aimed at the unvaccinated HPV cohort. Vaccinating young people against HPV is critical to achieving the elimination of cervical and other cancers.

 The campaign will run from July 2025 until March 2026.

In the East of England, we are asking GPs to focus on 18–25-year-olds. This is because 16-18 year olds will continue to be offered call/recall and catch-up in our region via the community and school age immunisation service (CSAIS), whether or not they are in education.

Detail and advice will be included in the further formal communications from national NHSE, but we recommend:

Funding for participation in the national campaign is included in global sum payments. Practices are also eligible for an item of service payment of £10.06, in accordance with the GP contracts, for each HPV vaccination administered.

Please remember that in the East of England, the focus will be for those 18-25 years old.

Measles

RSV

Shingles

Expansion of Shingrix® vaccine eligibility to all those who are severely immunosuppressed and aged 18 years and over letter

On 1 September 2025, based on the latest advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), eligibility for the NHSE Shingles vaccination programme will change to allow all severely immunosuppressed people aged 18 years and over to receive the shingles vaccine. This is an expansion of the current severely immunosuppressed cohort, who until now became eligible from aged 50 years of age.

Please read the letter in the link above and familiarise yourself with the programme expansion.

 

East of England Adult Vaccination Toolkit

Please find the EoE Adult Vaccination Toolkit and manual adjustment worksheet. The toolkit contains information on adult programmes including coding/payments/tips for recall and updates for September 2025.

 

Training resources

Please find the newly published National minimum standards and core curriculum for vaccination training – June 2025

East of England Training Resources

Training slides/certificates and recordings can all be accessed now using NHS Futures. You will need to sign up for an account and can then request access to the regional page.