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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