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Vaccine update: issue 303, December 2019, PCV special edition

Latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures for immunisation practitioners.

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Vaccine update: issue 303, December 2019, PCV special edition

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The PCV special edition features:

  • changes to the infant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedule taking place in the New Year (2020)
  • the Redbook is being updated too
  • ordering your free resources from the Health Publications website
  • the Enteric Virus Unit (EVU), Virus Reference Department, Colindale
  • improving vaccine uptake in the West Midlands – how we did it feature
  • National Immunisation Network (NIN) conference 21 to 22 April 2020 – bookings opening soon
  • Fundamentals of Immunisation – book your place now
  • vaccine supply – centrally supplied
  • children’s flu vaccine for 2019 to 2020
  • Christmas and New Year deliveries notice
  • maternal pertussis programme – upcoming changes to dTaP/IPV vaccine
  • the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and Delegated Regulation as applicable to PHE supplied vaccines for the national immunisation programme
  • Merry Christmas to our vaccine heroes

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Published 13 December 2019

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