Immunisation
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-31)

Information for immunisation practitioners and other health professionals.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says:

The two public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s health are clean water and vaccines.

‘Immunisation against infectious disease’, also known as the Green Book (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation-against-infectious-disease-the-green-book), has the latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures in the UK.

Immunisation patient group direction (PGD) (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation-patient-group-direction-pgd) templates are available for authorisation and adoption to provide NHS routine immunisation services.

Vaccine update (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-update) newsletters cover developments in the field and updates to the Green Book.

See the latest vaccine uptake guidance and statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-uptake).

Minutes of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) (https://www.gov.uk/government/policy-advisory-groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation) meetings are available.

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) commissions attitudinal surveys (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/parental-attitudes-to-vaccination-in-young-children) to understand parental knowledge and attitudes towards the immunisation programme to inform the planning of the childhood immunisation programme.

A timeline (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vaccination-timeline) shows the development and introduction of vaccines in the UK from 1796 to 2019.

Vaccine programmes

Joint letters from the Department of Health, UKHSA and NHS England announce changes to vaccine programmes. Training slide sets and other resources to accompany these programmes are also available:
- Annual flu vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-flu-programme)
- Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bcg-vaccination-programme)
- COVID-19 vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-vaccination-programme)
- Diphtheria vaccination and treatment resources (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/diphtheria-guidance-data-and-analysis#vaccination-guidance-and-incident-resources)
- Hepatitis B routine and selective vaccination programmes (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hepatitis-b-guidance-data-and-analysis#vaccination)
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) universal vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hpv-vaccination-programme)
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for men who have sex with men (MSM) programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hpv-vaccination-for-men-who-have-sex-with-men-msm-programme)
- Measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measles-mumps-rubella-and-varicella-mmrv-vaccination-programme)
- MMR catch-up programme 2013 (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mmr-catch-up-programme-2013), measles (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measles-guidance-data-and-analysis#vaccination), mumps (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mumps-guidance-data-and-analysis#immunisation-programme-and-resources-) and rubella (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rubella-german-measles-guidance-data-and-analysis#vaccination) vaccination
- Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/meningococcal-acwy-menacwy-vaccination-programme)
- Meningococcal B (MenB) vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/meningococcal-b-menb-vaccination-programme)
- Meningococcal B (MenB) vaccination programme against gonorrhoea (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/meningococcal-b-menb-vaccination-programme-for-gonorrhoea)
- Meningococcal C (MenC) vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/meningococcal-c-menc-vaccination-programme)
- Mpox (monkeypox) vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monkeypox-guidance#vaccination-guidance)
- Pneumococcal infant vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pneumococcal-vaccination-programme)
- Polio vaccination campaign (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/polio-guidance-data-and-analysis#immunisation-programme-and-resources)
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-vaccination-programme)
- Rotavirus vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rotavirus-vaccination-progarmme-for-infants)
- Shingles vaccination programme (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/shingles-vaccination-programme)
ImmForm

ImmForm (https://portal.immform.ukhsa.gov.uk/) is an UKSHA website used to both collect data on vaccine uptake for the national immunisation programme, and provide ordering facilities for vaccines used in the national immunisation programme, and other products supplied by UKHSA for urgent treatments, such as immunoglobulins and antivenom for the European Adder. There is a registration helpsheet (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-register-immform-helpsheet-8) to help you access the ImmForm website

See guidance on roles and responsibilities in the application of FMD and the Delegated Regulation to vaccines and other medicines centrally supplied by UKHSA (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fmd-guidance-for-recipients-of-phe-supplied-vaccines).

Immunisation publications

Use Health Publications orderline (https://www.healthpublications.gov.uk/Home.html) to order paper copies of leaflets.

Browse an archive of older publications (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130105111759tf_/http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/DH_074280).