The new NHS South West region covers the following: Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Somerset.

Immunisation by vaccination

Primary to pre-school immunisations

School age immunisations

Adult immunisations

Individuals at increased risk

Seasonal influenza

Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine

You can access Patient Group Directions (PGDs) for COVID-19 vaccines here.

National Protocols

New ‘national protocols’ have been introduced in response to the pandemic as legal mechanisms for administration of Covid-19 vaccine, and also influenza vaccine. These offer greater flexibility than a PGD by allowing tasks to be delegated to unregistered staff.

PGD templates available in Microsoft Word format

Please note that the Microsoft Word version of the PGD templates that all of these PGDs were authorised from are available here.

Emergency preparedness

Emergency preparedness

Authorised emergency preparedness PGDs (e.g. for flu outbreaks in care homes) are available on request.  Note that these would normally be authorised by the Commissioner of the service, so please contact your ICB Medicines Optimisation Team if necessary.