Correspondence

Annexe C – supporting programme resources

Published 10 August 2022

Applies to England

Health professional guidance

Information for Healthcare Practitioners guidance document about the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) booster campaign intended for healthcare staff involved in delivering the programme and includes information on:

  • background and rationale
  • polio
  • vaccine recommendations
  • vaccine administration queries

Algorithm for healthcare professionals delivering the IPV Booster campaign this A4 poster can be downloaded and locally printed and is an aid to determining the age and schedule that each child should receive.

Patient facing resources

Polio vaccination leaflet for parents and carers of children in London aged 1 to 9 years of age is available to order or download.

Copies available to order in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chinese (simplified), Estonian, Hindi, Gujarati, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Panjabi, Pashto, Russian, Spanish, Somali, Turkish, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, Urdu, Yoruba and Yiddish. It is also available as a braille, British Sign Language (BSL) and large print copy.

  1. Primary course - Immunisations at one year of age, product code 2022QG1EN
  2. Pre-school booster - Pre-school vaccinations: guide to vaccinations from 2 to 5 years, product code 3197560P
  3. Teenage booster - Immunisations for young people, product code 2902598B

Copies of these polio leaflets and the core polio and routine immunisation programme leaflets for parents listed above are available free to order from the Health Publications order line call 0300 123 1002 or visit the Health Publications website. Please register as an NHS vaccination provider and you can place orders for 500 to 1,000 copies of resources such as leaflets, flyers, posters and stickers.