Guidance

Rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix®): patient group direction (PGD) template

Patient group direction template to support the national rotavirus (Rotarix®) vaccination programme for infants.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 30 June 2015
• Last updated: 16 June 2025
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  1. 16 June 2025

     Added version 7, see page 4 for change history.

  2. 31 May 2023

     Added version 6.00 - see page 2 for change history.

  3. 4 June 2021

     Added version 05.00 - see page 2 for change history.

  4. 3 June 2019

     Added routine review and update of PGD.

  5. 23 May 2017

     Added revised PGD v03.00 to replace expiring v02.00 from 1 July 2017.

  6. 30 June 2015

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix®) PGD template

Ref: UKHSA gateway number GOV-18587

MS Word Document, 179 KB

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Details

This patient group direction (PGD) template is to support the rotavirus vaccination programme.

Rotavirus PGD version 7.00 is valid from 30 June 2025 to 30 June 2028.

Practitioners must not use this PGD template until it has been authorised in Section 2. This is a legal requirement see Human Medicines Regulations 2012. Practitioners should follow local policy/procedures to access authorised PGD documents.

This PGD template should be used with reference to current national guidance, the Green Book, and Summary of Product Characteristics.