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Vaccine update: issue 313, September 2020

Latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures for immunisation practitioners.

Applies to England

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Vaccine update: issue 313, September 2020 (print version)

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Details

The September 2020 issue features:

  • impact of social distancing measures due to COVID-19 pandemic in England on childhood vaccination counts
  • shingles vaccination programme
  • identifying patients eligible for the shingles vaccine in GP IT systems
  • cumulative shingles vaccine coverage report to end of June 2020: England
  • shingles impact
  • shingles resources to deliver the programme
  • PNEUMOVAX® 23 (PPV) – pre-filled syringe presentation
  • vaccine supply
  • Update to the Maternal Pertussis programme – change to dTaP/IPV vaccine
  • update to Bexsero patient information leaflet
  • MMR vaccine ordering
  • the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and Delegated Regulation as applicable to PHE supplied vaccines for the national immunisation programme
  • ImmForm web address has changed
  • registering for a new or updating your existing ImmForm vaccine ordering account
Published 2 October 2020