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Vaccine update: issue 311, August 2020

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

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 28 August 2020

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Vaccine update: issue 311, August 2020

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The August issue features:

• JCVI interim report on priority groups for immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic
• improving access to immunisations for hard to reach 0 to 19 years population within Berkshire
• call for submissions for our ‘How we did it.’
• HPV for all leaflet translated
• new HPV vaccine coverage data collection tool: 2020 to 2021
• TB, BCG and Your Baby - new poster available to order
• Rabies and Immunoglobulin Service (RIgS) – no longer a stockholder
• routine service
• out of hours service
• shingles vaccination programme
• updated Patient Group Directions (PGDs) are now published
• training and guidance
• time to apply for a PhD?
• 31st National Immunisation Conference for Healthcare Workers
• PNEUMOVAX® 23 (pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine) pre-filled syringe presentation
• Health matters: teleconference on flu vaccination
• vaccines for the 2020 to 2021 children’s flu programme supplied by PHE: Vaccine availability
• maternal Pertussis programme - change to dTaP/IPV vaccine
• update to Bexsero Patient Information Leaflet
• MMR vaccine ordering
• The EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and Delegated Regulation
• Summer bank holiday delivery and order cut-off changes
• ImmForm web address has changed

Published 28 August 2020