Hepatitis B (Newborn Babies) Vaccination Programme
Purpose and outline
Babies whose mothers are diagnosed with Hepatitis B are at increased risk from Hep B and are currently offered a 3-dose selective schedule of vaccination.
Due to discontinuation of Menitorix, all children aged 18 months will be offered a new appointment from December 2025 to receive a 6-in-1 vaccine which contains Hep B. It will not be necessary for the selective group to receive the current completing 3rd monovalent dose at 12 months so this dose will be removed from the selective childhood schedule. GP practices are required to carry out a heel prick test between 12 and 18 months and update the infant’s records with the result of the test to confirm the babies Hep B status.
How this service is commissioned and provided
Regions commission this service for GP practices.
NHS England service specifications
2025/28: Information about this service
- Quality service start date: 1 April 2025
- Quality service end date: 31 March 2028
- Payment period: Monthly
- Collection frequency: Monthly
- Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
- Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, Medicus and EMIS)
- System type: Vaccination and Immunisation (V&I)
Service user guides
The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service.
Page updated: 19 February 2025