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Immunisation training resources and events

Training standards

Immunisation training – supporting a competent workforce

A high level of knowledge and a positive attitude to immunisation in healthcare practitioners are widely acknowledged as being important determinants in achieving and maintaining high vaccine uptake. It is therefore vital that immunisers are confident, knowledgeable, and up to date. To achieve this, good foundation training and regular updates must be provided and undertaken. This approach is also recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) working group on vaccine hesitancy. 

The aim of the National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Vaccination Training – published by UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) [2025]. 

This document sets the standards and lists the essential topics which should be incorporated into immunisation training. 

As this guidance is a UKHSA document, any specific issues relating to NHS Wales that are not reflected or may differ to England have been published within the following: Advisory document to support the delivery of the National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for vaccination Training in NHS Wales.

Health care support workers

Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) immunisation training and assessment of competence – All Wales guidance statements.

The aim of these guidance statements is to ensure patient safety, support effective workforce utilisation and enable efficient vaccination service delivery from an All-Wales approach.

Training recommendations specific to the flu vaccination programme

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) training statement

Table of contents:

eLearning

Immunisation eLearning

Online learning is provided by Public Health Wales Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme (VPDP) in partnership with the Workforce Information System (WfIS) Programme, shared services. This page offers support for getting started with eLearning and hosts immunisation eLearning modules developed by VPDP Public Health Wales, as well as National immunisation eLearning modules produced by eLearning for Healthcare. 

Vaccine specific training slide sets

Pregnancy life course

Infants and preschool life course

School age life course

Adult life course

Across all life course programmes

Disease specific slide sets 

Measles: the disease, complications and vaccination

Introduction of the varicella (chickenpox) vaccines into the routine childhood immunisation schedule.   

Webinars

Q&A webinar on the varicella (chickenpox) vaccination and other changes to the routine childhood immunisation schedule from 1st January 2026.

Webinar Q&A – changes to childhood immunisation programme and varicella immunisation programme – slide set [4 December 2025] 
Webinar Q&A – changes to childhood immunisation programme and varicella immunisation programme – recording [4 December 2025] (NHS employees only) 

Q&A webinar – preparing for the update to the Human medicines Regulations 

Webinar Q&A-Preparing for the update to Human Medicines Regulations – slide set [4 March 2026]
Webinar Q&A -Preparing for the update to Human Medicines Regulations – recording [4 March 2026]  Training (sharepoint.com) 

** Please note:  In the webinar held on the 4th of March, the process of assessing, consenting and administering the vaccine was described as 4 steps. This has since been amended to 3 steps, step 2 has now combined preparation and administration as one step: Step1: assessment and consent; step 2 preparation and administration and step 3 record keeping. **

The following questions and answers were developed to support the Q&A webinar:  Preparing for the update to Human Medicines Regulations 4 March 2026

Q&A webinar outlining the changes to the childhood immunisation programme and selective neonatal Hep B programme: 

Webinar Q&A – changes to the childhood immunisation programme – slide set [17 June 2025]
Webinar Q&A – changes to the childhood immunisation programme – recording [17 June 2025] Training (sharepoint.com) 

Video resources

Administration of FLUENZ Intranasal Video – NHS Education for Scotland NES); Public Health Scotland (PHS)

Get Immunised is a school based vaccination video. It is also available in Welsh at Cael Imiwneiddio.

Welsh Immunisation Conference

Motivational interviewing technique training – having positive conversations to improve vaccine uptake

The Behavioural Science Unit in collaboration with VPDP delivered a webinar session on motivational Interviewing Skills for conversations about vaccines.

The slides and recording of this session can be viewed on SharePoint.