Pneumococcal Children and At Risk Vaccination Programme 2026-28
Pneumococcal Children and At Risk Vaccination Programme – CSU Collaborative
Purpose and outline
Routine immunisation with recommended pneumococcal vaccine for infants born on or after January 1, 2020, includes:
A single dose at 16 weeks of age.
A booster dose at 1 year old (on or after their first birthday).
For unimmunised or partially immunised children presenting late for vaccination before age 1, administer a single priming dose of recommended pneumococcal vaccine, followed by a booster at 1 year of age (on or after their first birthday), at least 4 weeks after the first dose.
Children aged 1 year to under 2 years who are unimmunised or partially immunised should receive a single dose of recommended pneumococcal vaccine.
Routine immunisation with pneumococcal vaccine is not offered after the second birthday.
Additional recommended doses will be offered to those at risk or immunocompromised.
Recommended vaccine products are detailed within the Green Book Chapter 25.
How this service is commissioned and provided
Region’s commission this service from GP practices.
2026/28: Information about this service
Quality service start date: 1 April 2026
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 below links to user guides describe how to participate, manually enter and declare achievement for this service:
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