The aim of the herpes zoster (shingles) vaccination programme is to reduce the incidence and severity of shingles disease in older people and started in September 2013.
The guidance for healthcare professionals document includes information on:
shingles infection; programme delivery; shingles vaccine;
vaccine eligibility;
vaccine administration
Published on 24 April 2018
Contacting patients by telephone or mail about recommended immunisations leads to eight more people in every 100 being immunised. Text messages, postcards or automatic dialling techniques and recorded voices are the reminder methods that have the highest certainty of being effective.
To assess the effectiveness and potential side effects of formula feeding to reduce pain during vaccination among infants.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Post-exposure treatment (PET) using rabies vaccine with or without human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG) is highly effective in preventing disease if given correctly and promptly after exposure.
Several measles outbreaks are ongoing in Europe and until the disease is eradicated worldwide, cross-border transmission between countries is possible and will likely continue to occur.
The President of the Italian National Health Institute, Walter Ricciardi, and the Director of PHE, Duncan Selbie, have stressed that measles elimination in Europe is an objective that needs to be vigorously pursued.
Measles can cause severe complications including encephalitis, pneumonia and even death, and is now a target for elimination in all World Health Organization (WHO) regions.
This leaflet is aimed at parents of babies at risk from the hepatitis B virus. It explains the course of vaccinations which help to protect babies from developing an infection.
Today, senior leaders in the NHS published a letter that was sent to all chief executives of NHS trusts highlighting the importance of healthcare workers protecting their patients, colleagues and families by getting vaccinated against flu.
NHS Digital have released the childhood vaccination coverage statistics for 2017-18. Dr David Elliman looks at the possible factors that might be influencing uptake in routine vaccinations.
Adolescent collection (HPV, MenACWY and Td/IPV) user guidance 2017 to 2018
The user guide provides NHS England Local Teams and Screening and Immunisation Teams (SITs) with detailed guidance on how to submit data for the Adolescent Vaccine Coverage Collection (which includes HPV, MenACWY and Td/IPV vaccines) for the 2017 to 2018 Local Authority Annual Survey, via the ImmForm web-based system provided by PHE.
The new Immform guidance from Public Health England has been released detailing how trusts should report their vaccination uptake for frontline healthcare workers.
Jo Keal and Gail Beckett discuss measles in light of the recent rise in the number of cases in the UK and Europe, leading to outbreaks in vulnerable populations, and explore how practice nurses are in a unique position to influence the health of the wider population. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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