NHS England has authorised and published the patient group direction (PGD) for use in the new Childhood Flu Vaccination Advanced service from 1st October 2025. The publication of the PGD, follows the earlier announcement of the launch of the service and the publication of the childhood flu service specification. Download the NHS Childhood Flu Vaccination [...]
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Pharmacy owners are reminded that while the flu vaccination service can be provided to pregnant women from 1st September 2025, vaccination of all other eligible adult cohorts for the 2025/26 campaign cannot commence until 1st October 2025. Read our earlier news story for further context National Booking System (NBS) If a pharmacy owner would like to take up [...]
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A recording of our webinar on the new Childhood Flu Vaccination Service, provided collaboratively with NHS England, is now available to watch on-demand. The webinar provides some context and background to the service, explains how the service will operate and provides operational information to support pharmacy owners as they prepare to provide it. Watch the [...]
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Following negotiations with NHS England, we have agreed to the introduction of a one-season trial of a new flu vaccination service for children aged 2-3 years. The service will be commissioned as an Advanced service and pharmacies that choose to provide the service will be able to commence vaccinating eligible children from 1st October 2025. [...]
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Following discussions with Community Pharmacy England, the service specification for the 2025/26 Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service has been published today by NHS England. Changes to the service requirements Only a small number of amendments have been made to the service specification compared to last year. The key changes are: Removal of references to [...]
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