Latest resources and updates December 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.

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UKHSA webinar: upcoming changes to the routine childhood immunisation schedule (3 December 2025, 14:00 – 15:15)

The webinar recording will be accessible soon. Please check back for the link.

Further operational information about these changes will be shared with health professionals in the coming weeks. In the meantime, a press release from the Department of Health and Social Care confirms the introduction of the varicella vaccine to the routine schedule.

Useful resources:

• The national guidance ‘MMRV programme: information for healthcare practitioners’ has now been published https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mmrv-programme-information-for-healthcare-practitioners.
• MMRV programme detailed in the UKHSA/NHSE letter: “The introduction of a routine varicella (MMRV) vaccination programme for children aged one year and 18 months, with catch-up to age 6 years in England” (31 October 2025)
• Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) statement on a childhood varicella (chickenpox) vaccination programme November 2023
• range of resources and guidance for healthcare practitioners, parents and carers will be published on Immunisation – GOV.UK webpage and Discover the public health resource library
• measles, mumps, rubella and varicella Green Book chapters, PGDs and existing resources will be updated
• further information about potential questions that may arise will be available in the “MMRV vaccination programme for children Information for healthcare practitioners” guidance on GOV.UK