Immunisation Information

Publically Accessible Information

• NHS Inform: Immunisation
  NHS Scotland website for the general public, especially parents of young children
• NHS Choices, The NHS vaccination schedule
  Department of Health website aimed at the public and professionals, English rather than Scottish materials
• Fit for Travel
  Public access website with information on immunisations recommended for travel
• Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres
  Public access website with information on yellow fever centers in Scotland

Information for Health Professionals

• "The Green Book"
  Department of Health, Immunisation Against Infectious Disease, London 2006. Online version is frequently updated. Webpage also contains recommendations which have not yet been incorporated into Green Book.
• NES Immunisation Training Resources
  Includes resources for:
  • HPV
  • HPV for MSM
  • Intervax BCG
  • Meningitis B
  • Men ACWY
  • Rotavirus
  • Shingles
  • Pertussis for Pregnant Women
  • Hexavalent DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB Combination Vaccine
  • Seasonal Flu
• Public Health Scotland Immunisations Resources
• Travax Website
  Travel health website for healthcare professionals (requires log in)
• Public Health Scotland Guidance on Storage and Handling of Vaccines (2013)
• Public Health England (PHE)
• PHE - Vaccination of Individuals with Uncertain or Incomplete Immunisation Status
• PHE – Worldwide TB Surveillance Data (ie identifying high prevalence countries)
• HPA Information on migrant health: immunisation
  (NB this is archived, there does not seem to be an up to date version)
• World Health Organisation – Immunisation
• Information on immunisation schedules and uptake by country
• Scottish Health Protection Network: Compendium of Organisational Outputs (Immunocompromised Individuals and specific disease)

Training Resources

• Promoting Effective Immunisation Practice
  A self-directed e-learning package developed as a result of collaboration between Health Protection Scotland (HPS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES). It is designed to meet the requirements of the Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training published in 2005 by the Health Protection Agency.
  • Website: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/
  • Guide for Students, Facilitators and their Employers
  • FAQs: http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/media/4055169/peip_faqs_final_291117.pdf
  
  You can now register yourself on this course. If you started the course before it moved to Turas, please refer to the FAQs.
• NES Immunisation Training Resources
• Health Protection Agency (England) Immunisation Training Resources - Includes an online facility to test your knowledge of immunisation
• The Green Book multiple choice questions