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“All the tools, techniques and technology in the world are nothing without the head, heart and hands to use them wisely, kindly and mindfully.” - Rasheed Ogunlaru
Just starting out? Or feeling a bit rusty? You might find this extract from the workbook that I use on foundation immunisation courses helpful
UK National Immunisation Schedule
The cheat sheet that gets us through the day.
The other cheat sheet that gets us through the day.
The uncertain or incomplete vaccination algorithm
NOTE: This calculator assumes vaccinations are administered in line with the routine UK childhood immunisation schedule. It is intended to support clinicians but does not replace clinical judgement or clinical decision making. If any vaccinations are missed, delayed or incomplete, do not use this calculator and instead refer to the UKHSA algorithm document
And one for Shingles too!
Guides for parents about childhood immunisations
This is another useful leaflet:
Changes to the childhood vaccination programme: why are they happening.
This flyer explains the changes to the childhood vaccination programmes from 1 July 2025 to parents of eligible children.
Invitation letters here ->
The Red Book
How to use the new red book inserts for the changes to the routine childhood immunisation schedule 2026
page 18: Routine childhood schedule. This is an updated page. Only give this page to babies born from 1 July 2024 and remove old version
page 19a: What to expect after vaccination with MMRV vaccine
page 21: Revised page for immunisations at 12 months
page 21a: Immunisations at 18 months. This is a revised page for all babies born from 1 July 2024. For children who received MMR at 12 months, this will be their first MMRV dose. They should be offered a second dose at 3 years 4 months
page 22: Pre-school immunisations – 3 years 4 months. This is an updated page for babies born from 1 July 2024. Remove the existing page
Each set of 6 inserts comes with an instruction sheet. If vaccines are already recorded on a page, even if the schedule has now changed for that child, keep that page in the red book as a record of previous vaccines given.
You can place orders for the sets of inserts or red books by visiting: Health for all children or by emailing immpchr@harlowsolutions.co.uk
What to expect after vaccinations info...
For translations of the UK immunisation routine scheduled vaccines, visit the HTML page and scroll down until you see all the options
Can't find a suitable language? Try the Vaccine Knowledge Project and use the translate feature on any page!
Language barriers needn't be barriers at all:
Need a hand working out what someone has been vaccinated with?
Could the ECDC help?
They provide the vaccine schedules in all countries in the EU/EEA
How about BCG vaccines around the world?
Try the BCG Atlas!
Can the WHO database help?
Here you can search for every vaccination schedule in the world or you can filter by disease - its AMAZING for figuring it all out!
Struggling to work out what someone has had while in the Armed Forces?
Or the international vs UK comparison tool?
Here you can compare against UK schedules to your hearts content!
Do you like a good visual?
You might like these posters.
Click on them to download the most recent versions. You can order free full colour versions of the visual guide here
TIP: visit the individual vaccine portals for more posters. If there is a poster for it, I will have linked to it!
Resources GALORE on
find-public-health-resources.service.gov.uk (formally Health Publications.gov.uk)
Note: Health Publications moved to a new domain around the end of August 2025. The new site is named "Find Public Health Resources". You may need to do some password changes if you are used to the old site.
Group specific resources:
Friends, Families and Travellers, in partnership with UKHSA and Roma Support Group, have produced a series of short animations with key information on vaccinations. These resources focus on childhood and maternal vaccination as well as measles and whooping cough. Visit the website to learn more...
Everyone likes a sticker!!
COVID-19
Influenza
Sea & Space themes
Shingles
Vaccine manufacturers have some really useful resources, such as vaccine record books, leaflets, posters, world epidemiology maps, search tools, and free training modules. Click on the pictures to get to some useful FREE resources (please note I have no affiliation or preference for any particular drug companies and I am not being paid to promote anyone - these are just a selection of sites I thought you might find useful TRY ALL of the drug companies. They all have useful stuff to offer!)
Don't forget that your local representatives can often come in to your clinic if you need a bit of top up education. Reps are a font of knowledge and can educate your teams on very specific drugs. They know a HUGE amount about their products, and in my experience are SUPER PASSIONATE which is always an empowering experience.
