Guidance

Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) catch-up: information for healthcare practitioners

Information for healthcare practitioners on the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) immunisation catch-up campaign

Applies to England

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Guidance on the introduction of a catch-up immunisation campaign in London to run until the end of the summer term 2023. Includes information on:

  • background and summary of incident
  • information related to the 2022 London IPV booster campaign
  • London polio catch-up campaign 2023
  • routine IPV and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination programmes and vaccines
  • vaccine ordering, supply and storage
  • vaccine administration queries
  • resources

Updates to this page

Published 10 August 2022
Last updated 24 May 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated section on OPV vaccine given in other countries.

  2. Updated to include campaign dates; also updated section on OPV vaccine given in other countries.

  3. Updated to advise end of IPV-booster campaign for London and introduction of catch-up immunisation campaign in London.

  4. Updated to include additional details on IPV-containing vaccine, giving additional vaccines at the same time, OPV received in other countries and children on hepatitis B pathway.

  5. Added link to the JCVI statement published on 10 August.

  6. First published.

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