Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) – Vaccination In Pregnancy 2025-2028

Purpose and outline

Following the 7 June 2023 meeting, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) issued a short statement of its advice on a RSV immunisation programme. JCVI advised that a RSV immunisation programme that is cost effective should be developed for infants. From the 1 September 2024, practices will be required to offer and provide RSV vaccination to eligible pregnant individuals either opportunistically or on request. The data extraction for this service has been automated, with the first automatic extraction occurring in October 2025 for activity taking place in September 2025.

How this service is commissioned and provided

Regions commission this service from GP practices.

2025/28: Information about this service

Quality service start date: 1 September 2025
Quality service end date: 31 August 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:

Viewing, accepting and rejecting a Quality service offered in CQRS National

Manually inputting Achievement data

Declaring an achievement for payment