Source register

Tier A is a UK government publication on GOV.UK. Tier B is an official local authority report in a public archive. Tier C is a peer-reviewed historical review, used only where Tier A does not publish ages.

• C1 Tier C

  Two centuries of immunisation in the United Kingdom (Part I)

  Lang, Loving, McCarthy, Ramsay, Salisbury, Pollard (peer-reviewed review)

  Pre-1961 programmes and 1938–2017 introduction timeline, citing Ministry of Health circulars

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• C2 Tier C

  Two centuries of immunisation in the United Kingdom (Part II)

  Lang, Loving, McCarthy, Ramsay, Salisbury, Pollard (peer-reviewed review)

  National schedules P and Q (1961), 1968 single schedule, 1990 accelerated 2/3/4 month schedule, and comparison tables for 1968/1992/2018

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• S1 Tier A

  Vaccination timeline, 1796 to present

  UK Health Security Agency

  UK introduction year of each vaccine

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• S10 Tier A

  Green Book: Rubella

  UK Health Security Agency

  Rubella programme history

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• S11 Tier B

  Medical Officer of Health report, Islington, 1970

  London Borough of Islington, digitised by Wellcome Collection

  Revised JCVI schedule: ages for DTP, polio, measles, smallpox; rubella for girls only

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• S12 Tier B

  Medical Officer of Health report, Islington, 1968

  London Borough of Islington, digitised by Wellcome Collection

  School entry and school-leaving boosters

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• S13 Tier B

  Medical Officer of Health report, Lewisham

  London Borough of Lewisham, digitised by Wellcome Collection

  BCG offered in schools in the fourteenth year

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• S14 Tier A

  Green Book chapter 11: Immunisation schedule

  UK Health Security Agency

  Current UK routine immunisation schedule from 1 January 2026, including 18-month appointment and MMRV

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• S15 Tier A

  Complete routine immunisation schedule

  UK Health Security Agency

  Dated complete UK routine immunisation schedules from 2014 onwards, with archive links for older versions

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• S16 Tier A

  Routine childhood immunisations from 1 July 2026

  UK Health Security Agency

  Childhood ages and products from 1 July 2026, including MMRV and the 18-month visit

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• S17 Tier A

  Complete routine immunisation schedule from 1 January 2026

  UK Health Security Agency

  Routine programme table from 1 January 2026 including MMRV, hexavalent, MenB, PCV and adolescent boosters

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• S18 Tier A

  Important changes to the childhood immunisation programme (CMO letter, 2006)

  Department of Health

  2006 introduction of PCV7 and Hib/MenC booster at 12 months

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• S19 Tier A

  New vaccinations for the childhood immunisation programme (CMO letter, 2004)

  Department of Health

  2004 switch to DTaP/IPV/Hib (five-in-one) and inactivated polio

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• S2 Tier A

  Immunisation against infectious disease (the Green Book), collection page

  UK Health Security Agency

  Index of official vaccine chapters

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• S20 Tier A

  Change to the routine pre-school booster immunisation programme (CMO letter, 1996)

  Department of Health

  Second MMR dose at the pre-school booster from 1996

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• S21 Tier A

  Introduction of MenB immunisation for infants (2015)

  Public Health England / NHS England

  Infant MenB programme from 1 September 2015

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• S22 Tier A

  Meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccination (2015)

  Public Health England / NHS England

  Adolescent MenACWY programme and catch-up

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• S23 Tier A

  Vaccine update: hexavalent infant vaccine (April 2017)

  Public Health England

  Replacement of five-in-one with DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB from 2017

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• S24 Tier A

  Changes to the national immunisation programme 2013 to 2014, including rotavirus

  Department of Health / Public Health England / NHS England

  Rotavirus at 2 and 3 months and other 2013 programme changes

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• S25 Tier A

  Childhood flu immunisation programme extension (2013)

  Department of Health / Public Health England / NHS England

  Universal children's influenza programme from 2013

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• S26 Tier A

  HPV vaccination into the national immunisation programme (2008)

  Department of Health

  HPV for girls in school year 8 from 2008, with catch-up

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• S27 Tier A

  Introduction of Prevenar 13 into the childhood immunisation programme (2010)

  Department of Health

  PCV13 replacing PCV7 in 2010

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• S28 Tier A

  Meningococcal ACWY programme: information for healthcare professionals

  UK Health Security Agency

  Adolescent MenACWY in school year 9 or 10 directly replacing adolescent MenC from 1 September 2015

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• S29 Tier A

  Changes to the meningococcal C conjugate (MenC) vaccine schedule 2013 to 2015

  Public Health England

  Adolescent MenC booster with Td/IPV from the 2013/14 academic year

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• S3 Tier A

  Green Book chapter 15: Diphtheria

  UK Health Security Agency

  Diphtheria programme history

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• S30 Tier A

  UKHSA data dashboard: childhood vaccinations (COVER)

  UK Health Security Agency

  Anonymised COVER uptake by nation, region and upper-tier local authority from 2016, used to cross-check childhood schedules and show local uptake

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• S4 Tier A

  Green Book chapter 30: Tetanus

  UK Health Security Agency

  Tetanus programme history

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• S5 Tier A

  Green Book chapter 24: Pertussis

  UK Health Security Agency

  Whooping cough programme history

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• S6 Tier A

  Green Book chapter 26: Polio

  UK Health Security Agency

  Polio programme history

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• S7 Tier A

  Green Book: Measles

  UK Health Security Agency

  Measles programme history

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• S8 Tier A

  Green Book chapter 29: Smallpox and mpox

  UK Health Security Agency

  End of routine smallpox vaccination in 1971; infant routine until 1962 with later school and adult vaccination to 1971

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• S9 Tier A

  Green Book chapter 32: Tuberculosis

  UK Health Security Agency

  BCG programme history including the 2005 shift from universal schools BCG to a selective programme

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