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
• MMR Catch Up
• 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 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 (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 Dr Louise Marron, Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine (August 2022) (you will be directed to the Science Direct website)
• Rapid response to HPV vaccination crisis in Ireland Dr Brenda Corcoran, Consultant in Public Health Medicine (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. Dr Breda Cosgrove, Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine (November 2017)
• The Uptake of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine In Irish Schools: The Impact Of Disadvantage Dr Chantal Migone, Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine (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 3 January 2024