Vaccine information for Healthcare Professionals

If you're a GP, a Practice Nurse, a Pharmacist 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
• Mpox
• 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
• School Programme
• Vaccine ordering and storage
• Correspondence

Education

• E-Learning
• Conferences

Guidance and Supporting Documentation

• Immunisation Catchup Schedule 
• The National Immunisation Advisory Committee Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland (you will be directed to the RCPI website)
• The National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommends that the National Immunisation Programmes continue as usual and have issued the following post immunisation advice
• Supporting Information for Staff - Schools Immunisation Programme
• Supporting information for vaccinations in General Practice (4.5mb)
• Previous vaccine schedules
• FAQ's for Health Professionals

NIO Research

• A national survey of parents’ views on childhood vaccinations in Ireland (2023) (you will be directed to the Science Direct website)
• Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in General Practice: A National Survey of General Practice Nurses September 2022 (you will be directed to the Irish Practice Nurses website)
• Views on COVID-19 vaccination of young children in Ireland, results from a cross-sectional survey of parents  (August 2022) (you will be directed to the Science Direct website)
• Rapid response to HPV vaccination crisis in Ireland  (May 2018) (you will be directed to the Lancet website)
• 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.  (November 2017)
• The Uptake of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine In Irish Schools: The Impact Of Disadvantage  (2015) (you will be directed to the Irish Medical Journal website)

Uptake Statistics

• National Immunisation Uptake Statistics - HPSC (you will be directed to the HPSC website)
• Uptake statistics for the UK and Northern Ireland are available on the UK Health Protection Agency website (you will be directed to the HPG.org website)
• International figures - WHO (you will be directed to the WHO website)

This page was updated on 13 February 2025