Vaccination Information

DOH Green Book "Immunisation against Infectious Disease" 2006 here

Guidance document here.

Double A4 Summary sheet to print out and pin on the treatment notice board for easy reference

PGD s (Patient Group Directives) and Immunisation protocols here

(SW/FS updated Jan 09)

Gardasil and Cervarix ( HPV) vaccines

In the UK, a national HPV immunisation programme will be introduced for all girls aged 12-13 years (school year 8) starting in Autumn 2008. The national immunisation programme will use the bivalent HPV vaccine (CervarixTM, GlaxoSmithKline) and will protect girls against infection with HPV 16 and 18 (associated with 70% of cervical cancers). There will be a catch-up campaign for girls aged up to 18 years: in England this will be a two-year campaign starting in Autumn 2009. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that the programme would be most efficiently delivered through schools. Primary Care Trusts in England will plan local delivery of the HPV vaccination programme. The JCVI advised that a catch-up programme for all women aged 18-25 years was unlikely to be cost effective but could benefit some individual women: the Department of Health is considering this further.

More info on HPV on the Health Protection Agency Website here

Females who won't benefit from the National Programme advice

FS july 08