JCVI: current advice and recommendations
Current advice and recommendations from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to help the government make decisions about the use of vaccines in the UK.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is an expert scientific advisory committee that advises the UK government on vaccination and immunisation matters.
The page brings together all the current advice and recommendations from JCVI.
Read more about JCVI membership, sub-committees, meetings and publications
Current NHS vaccination schedule
JCVI gives advice and recommendations to the government on vaccines and immunisations in the national schedule. Ministers and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care make the final decisions on vaccine policy, which are put into practice through the NHS vaccination programme.
Visit the NHS website for information about the current NHS vaccination schedule.
Guidance for healthcare professionals is available in Immunisation against infectious disease (the Green Book). The Green Book includes JCVI advice on travel vaccinations as clinical guidance for travel health specialists.
Childhood immunisation schedule
COVID-19
Flu
Gonorrhoea
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Meningococcal
Mpox
Pneumococcal
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Shingles (herpes zoster)
Travel vaccination
More information on travel vaccination can also be found on the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) website.