This single page reminder based on Immunisation against infectious disease: the Green Book helps health professionals vaccinate people correctly to protect them and their families from disease.
Open access. Measles (rubeola) is a highly contagious disease with significant morbidity/mortality. Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) is a live-attenuated vaccine used in the United States (US) since the early 1970s to prevent measles infection. This retrospective longitudinal cohort study examined childhood MMR vaccination effectiveness (VE) on preventing diagnosed measles cases.
Record numbers of people in England will be offered a flu vaccine this winter. For the first time, all primary school children will be offered the nasal spray
Child health policy in the UK includes vaccination from eight weeks to 13 years for diseases including diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and meningitis.
Public Health England (PHE) has released new resources for the upcoming flu season.
The new resources support employers to promote the influenza vaccination to frontline healthcare staff in their local campaigns.
The frontline healthcare staff flu vaccination campaign is part of NHS England's /PHE winter campaign.
Children and adults are sometimes offered off-label vaccines (vaccines authorised for use but being used in a way that is slightly different from the terms laid down in their license).
These documents, one for parents and one for health professionals, describe the circumstances that can lead to vaccines being used ‘off-label’ and why this may be recommended. They are intended to be used by a wide range of healthcare professionals.
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This flu special edition features:
who is eligible for flu vaccination in 2019 to 2020?
which flu vaccine should be offered?
healthcare worker flu vaccination letter
Time to get your flu jab – the new campaign for health and social care
Help Us Help You – the public facing campaign
how we did it!
case study – using resources aimed at children to increase flu vaccine uptake
case study - improved flu vaccination uptake for 2 to 3 year olds – CHIS letter
training for the national flu and childhood flu programme
resources to support delivery of the programme
NICE Quality Standards on flu vaccination: increasing uptake in under 65s
flu vaccine availability for 2019 to 2020
children’s flu vaccine ordering information
inactivated flu vaccine ordering
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case study of Wrenbury Primary School
new resources for school teams
HPV programme printed and digital resources
vaccine supply for the 2019 to 2020 flu programme
children’s flu vaccine ordering information
inactivated flu vaccine ordering
MMR vaccine ordering
all influenza vaccines for the 2019 to 2020 season
ordering additional Gardasil for the universal HPV immunisation programme
update to Bexsero patient information leaflet (PIL)
placing deferred orders on ImmForm
the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and Delegated Regulation as applicable to PHE
vaccine supply for the non routine programme
Prime Minister Boris Johnson orders urgent action to improve vaccination uptake after more than 230 cases of measles were reported in the UK during first quarter of 2019
The Flu Bee Game earned Joan Pons Laplana a runner-up place in the innovation category, as Andy Yeoman of Focus Games Ltd explains. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
The national HPV vaccination programme is being extended to eligible boys from 1 September 2019.
The universal HPV vaccination programme special edition features:
introduction of the HPV universal programme
guidance, training slide set and a factsheet for health professionals
patient group direction (PGD) template
HPV vaccine supply
resources - vaccination record card and consent form
promotional material - poster, leaflet and social media resources
new optional school-level vaccine coverage data collection tool to assist with local data collection
updated routine childhood and complete immunisation schedules (effective from 1 September 2019)
attitudinal survey and leaflet testing
The July issue features:
rash in pregnancy guidance
focus on offering MMR in GP practice
occupational pertussis vaccination now available for specific healthcare workers
measles flyer translated into 20 languages
flu vaccination and availability for the 2019 to 2020 season
vaccine wastage – time to check your fridges
reporting vaccine wastage on ImmForm
the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and Delegated Regulation as applicable to PHE supplied vaccines for the national immunisation programme
vaccine supply for the non routine programme
Estimates suggest that the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine programme will lead to the prevention of over 64,000 cervical cancers and nearly 50,000 non-cervical cancers by 2058.
From September 2019, boys in school Year 8 will be offered the free Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for the first time.