Public Health England

These two websites aim to improve health and care outcomes by providing information about immunisation, vaccines and vaccine safety. The information provided helps people make more confident decisions about care and treatment.

Websites: Public Health England , NHS.uk

Country: United Kingdom

Last evaluation: 2017

Website audience(s):

General public, healthcare professionals

Social Media: Facebook, Twitter

Description of the website

The website of the immunization section of the Public Health England is a member of the WHO-led project Vaccine Safety Net (VSN).

This site provides the latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures in the UK, including:

factsheets/Q&A/slidesets (now revised and have to be hosted by third party sites – example here);
vaccine programme delivery and implementation information;
core guidance documents such as “The Green Book: Immunisation against infectious disease”;
immunization patient group direction (PGD) templates that can be adopted for programme delivery by local immunization teams;
newsletters covering developments in the field, new resources, vaccine, programme delivery safety and updates to guidance;
latest vaccine uptake guidance and statistics;
minutes of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) meetings;
joint letters from the Department of Health, Public Health England and NHS England announcing changes to vaccine programmes plus accompanying training slide sets and other resources;
links to the government’s vaccine ordering and delivery facility;
childhood and adulthood immunization schedules, algorithms and eligibility information;
immunization leaflets and guidance for parents, carers’ and patients;
vaccine handling, delivery, cold chain and protocols;
vaccine incidence and safety guidance; and
vaccine training resources, animation and embedded video tutorials.

Website’s sponsorship policy

Public Health England publishes on the UK Government’s single website, GOV.UK. GOV.UK is built by the Government Digital Service, part of the UK Government’s Cabinet Office. The Help pages provide more information.

PHE takes an ethical and positive approach to co-operation and partnership with the commercial sector, based on the principles of the World Health Organization (WHO) policy.

Website’s content or editorial policy

Public Health England applies GOV.UK content publishing guidance here.

To fully support evidence-based public health, our products and services need to be:

valid, ie: the results can be trusted
reliable, ie: are the results are credible and repeatable
relevant and applicable, ie: the information helps answer the most important questions and supports the translation of evidence into practice
accessible and available.