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 January 2026 to receive a 6-in-1 vaccine which contains Hep B. Therefore, from 1st July 2025, Monovalent completing dose are no longer required due to the change in schedule and the introduction of a new 6in1 appointment at 18 months old from 1st January 2026.
GP practices are required to update the infant’s records between 12 and 18 months with the result of the dry blood spot 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: 3 July 2025