Updates - Immunisations
UPDATED: Polio vaccination for children aged 1 to 9
Children aged 1 to 9 years old in London are being offered a dose of polio vaccine.
Confident conversations about childhood vaccinations – a webinar for practice nurses
On Wednesday 28 September from 10-11am, NHS London are hosting a webinar that aims to empower practice nurses to have conversations about childhood vaccinations.
Annual immunisation update webinar
The aims of this update on 12 October are to update delegates knowledge of and their confidence for safe delivery of the national vaccination programmes.
National MMR catch up campaign
Following consultation with the GPC, a national call/recall campaign for children who are not fully up to date with both doses of MMR will go live w/c 26 September 2022.
Use of LAIV in adults over 18 years old with serious needle phobia
It is important we protect those most at risk this flu season. Please see the clinical guidelines in this article for the use of LAIV nasal spray in adults with exceptional circumstances, such as serious needle phobia.
Updated LAIV and Inactivated Influenza PGDs
NHS England London has published updated PGDs for LAIV and Inactivated Influenza.
New CEG childhood imms call/recall tool
With one click, a practice can list all their patients under 6 years old who are not fully protected.
Vaccination of individuals with uncertain or incomplete immunisation status
Useful information on GOV.UK on catch-up immunisations for individuals from other countries and there is also an UK-international immunisation schedule comparison tool
Identification of genetically-related vaccine-like poliovirus type 2 (PV2) in NE London sewage samples and actions to increase childhood vaccination coverage
The key mitigation for any risk from this is high uptake of the polio vaccine, with an aim of 95% uptake for the schedule of routine childhood vaccines
Take part Childhood Immunisations study NEL
A study is looking for participants from primary care
NEL event to discuss how you think we should be shaping our vaccination services
We would like to invite you to a NEL event on 10 March from 6:30-7:30 pm where we will discuss the 2022/23 Autumn Vaccination Programme and how this can be delivered in General Practice.
Reminder: Complete routine immunisation schedule
The immunisation schedule was revised in February 2022 to include changes to vaccine supply and highlighting the need to check for a severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) screening result prior to administering the first dose of the rotavirus vaccine and the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine.