← NHS England Primary Care Bulletin – 29 October 2026 NHSENews Read the full item in the bulletin ↗ From NHS England’s Primary Care Bulletin, issue 412, 29 October 2026. Headline is NHS England’s. The full bulletin is also published on patient.info.
Practices vaccinating care home or hospice residents can also vaccinate eligible frontline social care staff who have no occupational health scheme, whether or not they are registered.
People experiencing homelessness aged 16 and over can get flu and pneumococcal vaccines; pneumococcal only if registered with the practice.
Payments for the MMRV catch-up from 1 November 2026; vaccinating 6-year-olds needs a manual CQRS adjustment in November and December.
Practices in the COVID-19 or flu services must offer vaccination to all eligible housebound patients; 119 cannot book these.
Vaccination records must be created in an assured IT system; unassured systems mean no payment and records not flowing.
COVID-19 vaccination claims in CQRS: three automated and six manual payment indicators.
Only ICB-assured sites may publish COVID-19 appointments for children aged 5 to 17 on the National Booking Service.
COVID-19 vaccine deliveries from the week of 21 September 2026; make sure staff are on site 8am–5pm on delivery day.
Selective one-dose MMRV catch-up to be delivered by practices from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2028.
Seasonal vaccination enhanced service amended to allow the Record a Vaccination Service for PCN collaborations.
Providers are responsible for only publishing September pregnancy flu appointments they can fulfil.
Children's and pregnancy flu vaccination open; healthcare worker flu resources and updated RSV eligibility.
Updated contractual guidance for GP vaccination services and RSV technical requirements.
People with well-controlled HIV and a negative hrHPV result now follow the standard cervical screening interval.
HPV self-testing launched for women aged 30 to 65 who haven't attended cervical screening; invitation only.
Publish National Booking Service appointments for all eligible vaccination cohorts.
Public seasonal vaccinations toolkit for the 2026/27 flu programme.
From autumn 2026, practices collaborating on seasonal vaccinations under the PCN DES can use the Record a Vaccination Service in set circumstances.
GP guidance on recording seasonal vaccinations updated for people experiencing homelessness.
Sign up via CQRS for the 2026/27 childhood flu programme.
Providers using the National Booking Service should publish flu appointments from 1 September 2026; early bookings are restricted to pregnant women.
Autumn/winter 2026/27 seasonal vaccinations provider guide, on FutureNHS.
Flu service specifications updated to include people experiencing homelessness aged 16 and over from 1 October 2026.
Sign up for the autumn/winter 2026/27 COVID-19 and flu services by 31 July 2026 to guarantee COVID-19 vaccine delivery.
Practices accept both COVID-19 and flu offers on CQRS; practices covered by a PCN partner still need to sign up.
From 1 October 2026, people experiencing homelessness will be eligible for pneumococcal vaccination.
July 2026 national RSV invitations to people aged 80 and over, advising them to contact their practice.
Services commissioned for flu outbreak antivirals should give timely access to all eligible care home contacts.
From July 2026, children aged 6 to 11 are invited to catch up on missed MMR or MMRV doses at their practice.
The 119 vaccine booking line now stays open 8am–6pm until 31 March 2027.
Before the spring campaign ends on 30 June, offer COVID-19 vaccination to all eligible patients, including at-risk children from 6 months.
The spring COVID-19 campaign ends on 30 June 2026; the year-round programme starts 1 July with Comirnaty LP.8.1.
Amended 2026/27 flu letter: community pharmacies can vaccinate eligible children, including 2 and 3-year-olds, from 1 October.
Nuvaxovid JN.1 allocations available, but not for allergy clinics or people who have reacted to COVID-19 vaccines.
Social media assets to promote cervical screening in the NHS App.
Spikevax LP.8.1 has a short thawed shelf life; order only what clinics need.
Don't refer housebound or allergy-pathway patients to 119 for COVID-19 vaccination.
UKHSA study: maternal RSV vaccination cuts infant hospitalisation risk by over 80%.
GP additional guidance for seasonal vaccinations 2026/27: recording events and payments, including in PCN collaborations.
People who had dose one of MenB in the Kent outbreak response are now due dose two.
CQRS is now used only to claim COVID-19 vaccination payments, including under PCN collaborative arrangements.
Spring 2026 COVID-19 campaign began on 13 April.
Providers can now modify vaccine orders in the FDP supply dashboard.
Spring COVID-19 bookings opened 7 April 2026, with first appointments from 13 April; communications assets available.
From April 2026, sign-up for the COVID-19 vaccination service is via the data collection form; CQRS is for claiming payments only.
PCNs can agree for opted-in practices to vaccinate other PCN practices' patients against COVID-19.
All cervical screening communications, including results, are now digital, with letters if the message is unread after 72 hours.
Spikevax LP.8.1 is now available in a smaller 10-dose pack.
Meningococcal outbreak linked to the University of Kent: advice for practices seeing eligible contacts.
Practices may give MMR to eligible staff registered elsewhere, under immediately necessary treatment, from 1 April 2026 for a limited time.
New SNOMED codes for recording MMRV invitations, contraindications and declines.
RSV expansion resources: opportunistic conversations and communications assets to encourage uptake.
Spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccine: no deliveries on bank holidays; orders will arrive on adjusted dates.
Cervical screening results, including colposcopy referrals, are moving to the NHS App.
From 1 April 2026 the RSV programme expands to adults aged 80 and over and residents of older adult care homes.
Posters and a waiting-room video to promote Screening Tests for You and Your Baby, including maternity vaccine prompts.
Video guides to the 'Manage your appointments' and 'Record a vaccination' systems for the spring campaign.
National childhood vaccination campaign from 16 February 2026, encouraging parents to catch up on missed vaccines.
Provider guide for the spring 2026 COVID-19 campaign, on FutureNHS.
Spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccine orders need Federated Data Platform access; a step-by-step guide is available.
Final reminder: sign up for the 2026/27 COVID-19 vaccination service by 2 February 2026.
Training webinars on the new provider-led COVID-19 vaccine supply model and the Federated Data Platform, spring 2026.
National RSV invitation campaign from February 2026 tells eligible older adults to book with their practice.
Updated GP seasonal vaccination service specification, reflecting changes to COVID-19 vaccine ordering.
GP webinar on seasonal vaccination contract changes, 27 January 2026.
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week: the aim is to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040 through HPV vaccination and screening.
Five-minute survey for practices on delivering the HPV catch-up for 16 to 24-year-olds.
Reminder: GPs sign up for the 2026/27 COVID-19 vaccination service via CQRS by 2 February 2026.
Flu vaccination continues; national reminders going to 300,000 at-risk children.
Sign-up opens for the 2026/27 COVID-19 vaccination service: GPs via CQRS by 2 February 2026.
MMRV replaces MMR in the routine schedule at 12 and 18 months, with some children also due at 3 years 4 months.