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Vaccine update: issue 323, June 2021

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

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Vaccine update: issue 323, June 2021 (print version)

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The June 2021 issue features:

  • England is a world leader in childhood vaccinations
  • top 10 tips for increasing vaccine uptake
  • impact of COVID-19 on childhood vaccination
  • meningitis B guidance updated
  • revised Rotavirus vaccine Patient Group Direction (PGD)
  • revised MenACWY vaccine PGD
  • social media cards for university students
  • learning disability week – resources and videos
  • revised Green Book of Immunisation, chapter 2 on consent
  • PPV23 vaccine for the pneumococcal programme is now supplied by Public Health England (PHE)
  • viper antivenom has changed
  • change to dTaP/IPV vaccine for both the preschool booster and maternal pertussis dTaP/IPV programmes
  • update to Bexsero patient information leaflet
  • MMR vaccine ordering
  • the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and delegated regulation as applicable to PHE-supplied vaccines for the national immunisation programme
  • registering or updating ImmForm vaccine ordering accounts and reporting long-term changes to opening hours
  • Movianto UK update on delivery drivers
  • vaccine supply for routine vaccination programmes
  • vaccine supply for the non-routine programme

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Published 1 July 2021

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