Guidance
Pneumococcal vaccination for older adults and for individuals in a clinical risk group: Information for healthcare practitioners
Information for healthcare practitioners on delivering the pneumococcal vaccination programme for older adults and individuals in a clinical risk group.
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Information about the Routine infant pneumococcal vaccination programme and the Changes to routine childhood immunisation programme: 2025 and 2026 is also available so please ensure you use the correct guidance for the programme you are delivering.
This guidance should be used in conjunction with other information sources about the adult and clinical risk group pneumococcal programme. These include the Green Book Pneumococcal chapter, the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) for PPV23 or PCV20, and the relevant template Patient Group Directions.
Updates to this page
Published 19 January 2026