Vaccine information for Healthcare Professionals

If you're a GP, a Practice Nurse or part of a HSE Immunisation Team click below for information on

• Primary Childhood Immunisation programme
• COVID-19 Vaccine
• Flu vaccine
• Hepatitis B vaccine
• HPV vaccine for people living with HIV and MSM
• Meningococcal B Disease
• Pertussis
• Polio
• Pneumococcal Disease
• Rotavirus
• Rubella
• “Swine Flu” Pandemic Vaccine
• Tetanus
• Travel Vaccines
• Vaccine Ingredients 
• FAQs
• Immunisation Catchup Schedule
  • Information to support catch up vaccination for refugees and applicants seeking protection
• Immunisation Refusal Form
• Immunisation Guidelines
• School Programme
• Vaccine ordering and storage
• Correspondence

Education

• E-Learning
• Conferences

Guidance and Supporting Documentation

• Immunisation Catchup Schedule 
• Mixing of Vaccines 
• The National Immunisation Advisory Committee Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland
• The National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommends that the National Immunisation Programmes continue as usual and have issued the following post immunisation advice.
• The National Immunisation Advisory Committee have issued a statement on duration of post vaccination observation
• Supporting Information for Staff - Schools Immunisation Programme 2022/2023 academic year 
• Supporting information for vaccinations in General Practice
• Previous vaccine schedules
• FAQ's for Health Professionals

NIO Research

• Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in General Practice: A National Survey of General Practice Nurses Muthu Saba September 2022
• Views on COVID-19 vaccination of young children in Ireland, results from a cross-sectional survey of parents Dr Louise Marron, Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine (August 2022)
• Rapid response to HPV vaccination crisis in Ireland Dr Brenda Corcoran, Consultant in Public Health Medicine (May 2018) 
• Evaluation of Information Materials, Training and Performance of the HSE National Cold Chain Service during the Implementation of the New Primary Childhood Immunisation (PCI) Schedule. Dr Breda Cosgrove, Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine (November 2017)
• An audit of HPV information materials from 7 countries. Dr Breda Cosgrove, Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine (June 2017)
• The Uptake of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine In Irish Schools: The Impact Of Disadvantage Dr Chantal Migone, Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine (2015)

Uptake Statistics

• National Immunisation Uptake Statistics - HPSC
• Uptake statistics for the UK and Northern Ireland are available on the UK Health Protection Agency website
• International figures - WHO

This page was updated on 28 March 2023