Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
The PGDs that can be accessed from this page are authorised for use across the East Midlands only. Staff working for practices in other areas should contact their local SIT.
The latest version of all PGDs will have been sent to your practice manager and are published below. Any previous versions of PGDs must be taken out of circulation but must be retained by the practice as per NHS records policy (details below).
Retention of PGDs
As they are the legal authorisation for a non-prescriber to administer (or, occasionally, supply) a prescription only medicine, PGDs should be kept as per other clinical records, i.e. for adults, all PGD documentation must be kept for eight years, and for children until the child is 25 years old, or for eight years after a child’s death.
Full information about retention of NHS records is available on the Records Management Code of Practice 2021.
PGDs for use in the East Midlands
Primary to pre-school immunisations
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- dTaP/IPV (PSB)
- DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB (Hexavalent)
- Hib/MenC
- Hib/MenC – Notice of Extension of Validity (until 31 July 2025)
- MenB
- Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
- MMR (From 1 January 26)
- MMRV
- PCV
- Rotavirus
School aged immunisations
Adult immunisations
- Mpox
- RSV
- Shingrix (Valid from 1 Sept 2025)
- Pertussis vaccination for pregnant women
- PCV20 (December 25)
- PPV
Individuals at increased risk
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- HepB risk groups
- HepB Renal
- MenB risk groups
- MenACWY risk
- MenACWY – notice of extension
- MenB (GBMSM)
- PCV20 (December 25)
- PCV risk groups
- BCG – for use by TB services
- HPV
- HPV – MSM – for use in specialist sexual health clinics
- Varicella vaccine