Meningococcal B (MenB) Infant Vaccination Programme
Purpose and outline
This service enables NHS England to commission MenB immunisation services to effectively prevent infections and outbreaks caused by meningococcal bacteria.
This routine immunisation programme consists of a three-dose schedule: the primary course includes two doses at 2 and 4 months, to ensure optimum protection for babies before the peak incidence at five months and a booster dose at 12 to 13 months providing long term protection.
Practices are only paid for vaccinations administered by the practice not for those given by other healthcare providers.
How this service is commissioned and provided
Regions commission this service from 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.