Collection Vaccination and immunisation Welsh Health Circulars (WHC) Welsh Health Circulars providing guidance for health professionals on vaccination and immunisation. Part of: Vaccination (Sub-topic) First published: 27 January 2023 Last updated: 2 February 2026 List of Welsh Health Circulars Update on RSV vaccination programme 2026 (WHC/2025/053) 2 February 2026 Policy and strategy COVID-19 spring vaccination programme 2026 (WHC/2025/052) 15 January 2026 Guidance Pneumococcal vaccination: product change (WHC/2025/054) 17 December 2025 Policy and strategy Routine varicella (chickenpox) vaccination for young children from 1 January 2026 (WHC/2025/046) 18 March 2026 Policy and strategy Introduction of a new RSV passive immunisation from autumn 2025 (WHC/2025/029) 14 August 2025 Policy and strategy Expansion of shingles immunisation for severely immunosuppressed people aged 18 to 49 (WHC/2025/028) 14 August 2025 Policy and strategy The national COVID-19 vaccination programme autumn 2025 (WHC/2025/022) 27 June 2025 Guidance Introduction of routine vaccinations for mpox and gonorrhoea (WHC/2025/021) 11 June 2025 Policy and strategy The national influenza immunisation programme 2025 to 2026 (WHC/2025/020) 12 August 2025 Policy and strategy Changes to routine childhood and selective neonatal hepatitis B vaccinations (WHC/2025/019) 22 May 2025 Policy and strategy Update on RSV vaccination programme 2025 (WHC/2025/016) 7 May 2025 Policy and strategy COVID-19 spring vaccination programme 2025 (WHC/2024/047) 19 December 2024 Guidance Change to the influenza vaccination programme 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/046) 4 December 2024 Policy and strategy Pertussis vaccination for healthcare workers (WHC/2024/043) 15 November 2024 Policy and strategy Winter respiratory framework 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/037) 20 September 2024 Policy and strategy Winter respiratory vaccination programme 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/033) (expired) 25 July 2025 Guidance Introduction of RSV vaccination programme 2024 (WHC/2024/032) 25 June 2024 Policy and strategy The national influenza immunisation programme 2024 to 2025 (WHC/2024/028) 12 June 2024 Guidance COVID-19 spring booster 2024 (WHC/2024/009) (expired) 25 July 2025 Guidance Vaccination of children to protect against measles (WHC/2024/008) 2 February 2024 Policy and strategy Influenza vaccines and eligible cohorts for the 2024 to 2025 season (WHC/2023/047) 11 June 2024 Policy and strategy Change to the influenza (flu) vaccination programme 2023 to 2024 (WHC/2023/044) 11 December 2023 Policy and strategy Vaccination of healthcare staff to protect against measles (WHC/2023/043) 14 December 2023 Policy and strategy COVID-19 vaccine products (WHC/2023/33) (expired) 25 July 2025 Guidance Winter respiratory vaccination programme 2023 to 2024 (WHC/2023/029) 21 August 2023 Guidance Changes to shingles vaccinations (WHC/2023/024) 2 January 2025 Guidance The National Influenza Immunisation Programme 2023 to 24 (WHC/2023/023) 22 June 2023 Guidance HPV immunisation programme update (WHC/2023/016) 12 May 2023 Guidance COVID-19 vaccination observation periods/ vaccination following recovery from COVID-19 (WHC/2023/015) (expired) 25 July 2025 Guidance COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 6 months to 4 years in a clinical risk group (WHC/2023/09) (expired) 25 July 2025 Guidance COVID-19 spring booster 2023 (WHC/2023/04) 8 March 2023 Guidance Eliminating hepatitis (B and C) as a public health threat: actions for 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024 (WHC/2023/001) 16 January 2023 Guidance Influenza (flu) vaccination programme deployment ‘mop up’ 2022 to 2023 (WHC/2022/035) 22 December 2022 Guidance Reimbursable vaccines and eligible cohorts for the 2023 to 2024 NHS seasonal influenza (flu) vaccination programme (WHC/2022/031) 8 December 2022 Guidance Follow-up advice on the polio catch-up programme for children under 5 years old (WHC/2022/029) 22 November 2022 Guidance Urgent polio catch-up programme for children under 5 years old (WHC/2022/027) 24 October 2022 Guidance Changes to the vaccine for the HPV immunisation programme (WHC/2022/023) 9 September 2022 Guidance Influenza (flu) vaccination programme deployment ‘mop up’ 2022 to 2023 (WHC/2022/035) 22 December 2022 Guidance Changes to the vaccine for the HPV immunisation programme (WHC/2022/015) 1 June 2022 Guidance Reimbursable vaccines and eligible cohorts for the 2022 to 2023 NHS seasonal influenza (flu) vaccination programme (WHC/2022/010) 29 March 2022 Guidance Introduction of Shingrix® for immunocompromised individuals from September 2021 (WHC/2021/021) 1 September 2021 Guidance The national influenza immunisation programme 2021 to 2022 (WHC/2021/019) 4 August 2021 Guidance The national influenza immunisation programme 2021 to 2022 (WHC/2021/004) 19 February 2021 Guidance The national influenza immunisation programme 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2020/013) 14 August 2020 Guidance The national influenza immunisation programme 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2020/009) 21 May 2020 Guidance Continuation of immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic: letter from CMO (WHC/2020/006) 6 April 2020 Guidance Infant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) immunisation schedule: changes (WHC/2019/041) 19 December 2019 Guidance Ordering influenza vaccines for 2020 to 2021 (WHC/2019/037) 28 November 2019 Guidance Pertussis vaccination for healthcare workers (WHC/2019/024) 30 July 2019 Guidance The national influenza immunisation programme 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2019/015) 16 April 2019 Guidance Changes to the shingles immunisation programme (WHC/2019/008) 14 February 2019 Guidance Ordering influenza vaccinations for 2019 to 2020: update (WHC/2019/002) 30 January 2019 Guidance Eligibility for non routine immunisations (WHC/2018/048) 12 November 2018 Guidance Ordering influenza vaccinations for 2019 to 2020 (WHC/2018/045) 12 November 2018 Guidance Flu vaccinations and clinics for the over 65s (WHC/2018/037) 29 August 2018 Guidance Flu vaccinations for residential care and nursing home staff in 2018 (WHC/2018/036) 23 August 2018 Guidance Supply and ordering of BCG vaccine (WHC/2018/034) 31 July 2018 Guidance Ordering adjuvanted flu vaccine 2018 to 2019 (WHC/2018/015) 5 April 2018 Guidance Hexavalent vaccine for baby immunisation schedule (WHC/2017/039) 9 August 2017 Guidance Change of vaccine for routine primary infant immunisation (WHC/2017/022) 15 May 2017 Guidance Changes to the shingles immunisation programme (WHC/2017/017) 7 April 2017 Guidance HPV vaccination for men who have sex with men (WHC/2017/003) 13 January 2017 Guidance Removal of the meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) vaccine for babies (WHC/2016/027) 14 April 2016 Guidance Change to the pertussis vaccination programme for pregnant women (WHC/2016/020) 16 June 2016 Guidance Introduction of MenB immunisation for infants (WHC/2015/040) 27 July 2015 Guidance Meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccination (WHC/2015/037) 23 July 2015 Guidance Changes to the shingles vaccination programme (WHC/2015/019) 30 April 2015 Guidance
