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A lunch and learn session for Sexual Health Services clinical healthcare professionals was held on the 16th June – Outlining the meningococcal type B (4CMenB) vaccination programme for protection against gonorrhoea and the change from a reactive offer of Mpox vaccine to a routine vaccination programme for the prevention of mpox
You can view the slide set here.
You can view the recording of the session here (NHS Employees only).
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A high level of knowledge and a positive attitude to immunisation in healthcare practitioners are widely acknowledged as being important determinants in achieving and maintaining high vaccine uptake. It is therefore vital that immunisers are confident, knowledgeable and up to date. Good foundation training and regular updates must be provided and undertaken to achieve this, a recommendation also made by National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) working group on vaccine hesitancy.
The aim of the National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Vaccination Training - published by UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) [2025].
This document sets the standards and lists the essential topics which should be incorporated into immunisation training.
As this guidance is a UKHSA document, any specific issues relating to NHS Wales that are not reflected or may differ to England have been published within the following: Advisory document to support the delivery of the National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for vaccination Training in NHS Wales
Online learning is provided by Public Health Wales Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme (VPDP) in partnership with the Workforce Information System (WfIS) Programme, shared services. This page offers support with getting started with eLearning and hosts immunisation eLearning modules developed by VPDP Public Health Wales, as well as National immunisation eLearning modules produced by eLearning for healthcare.
Pregnancy life course
Infants and preschool life course
School age life course
Adult life course
Across all life course programmes
Q&A webinar outlining the changes to the childhood immunisation programme and selective neonatal Hep B programme:
Webinar Q&A - changes to the childhood immunisation programme - slide set [17 June 2025]
Webinar Q&A - changes to the childhood immunisation programme - recording [17 June 2025] Training (sharepoint.com)
Webinar Q&A - RSV- slide set [8 August 2024]
Webinar Q&A - RSV- recording [8 August 2024] Training (sharepoint.com)
Get Immunised is a school based vaccination video. It is also available in Welsh at Cael Imiwneiddio.
The Behavioural Science Unit in collaboration with VPDP delivered a webinar session on motivational Interviewing Skills for conversations about vaccines.
The slides and recording of this session can be viewed on SharePoint.