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This document provides guidelines for the administration of meningococcal group B vaccine (4CMenB) to individuals at higher risk of gonorrhoea in accordance with national health recommendations.
Year:
2025
Region / City:
England
Topic:
Immunisation, Vaccination
Document Type:
Patient Group Direction (PGD)
Organization:
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Author:
Suki Hunjunt, Professor Shamez Ladhani, David Green
Target Audience:
Healthcare practitioners (registered)
Period of validity:
1 August 2025 - 1 August 2027
Approval Date:
9 June 2025
Review Date:
1 February 2027
Amendment Date:
7 July 2025
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Year:
2025
Region / city:
United Kingdom
Topic:
Vaccination, Gonorrhoea, Meningococcal disease
Document type:
Health policy, Vaccine programme
Organization / institution:
UK Health Security Agency
Authors:
Shamez N Ladhani, Helen Fifer
Target audience:
Healthcare professionals, GBMSM at high risk of gonorrhoea
Implementation period:
01 August 2025 - ongoing
Approval date:
November 2023
Date of changes:
None
Ethics approval:
Not applicable
Funding:
None
Competing interests:
Authors are employees of UKHSA, no conflicts related to the vaccine
Provenance and peer review:
Internally peer-reviewed
Note:
Document type
Official guidance, health policy document
Context:
A health policy document outlining the implementation of a meningococcal vaccine programme for individuals at high risk of gonorrhoea in the UK, targeting gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM).
Year:
2020
Region / City:
United Kingdom, London
Subject:
Meningococcal disease, vaccination
Document Type:
Research article
Institution:
St George’s University of London, Public Health England
Author:
Catherine Isitt, Catherine A Cosgrove, Mary E Ramsay, Shamez N Ladhani
Target Audience:
Healthcare professionals, researchers
Period of validity:
Ongoing
Date of approval:
2013
Date of modifications:
None specified
Year:
2025
Region / city:
United Kingdom
Topic:
Vaccination, Gonorrhoea, Meningococcal disease
Document type:
Health policy, Vaccine programme
Organization / institution:
UK Health Security Agency
Authors:
Shamez N Ladhani, Helen Fifer
Target audience:
Healthcare professionals, GBMSM at high risk of gonorrhoea
Implementation period:
01 August 2025 - ongoing
Approval date:
November 2023
Date of changes:
None
Ethics approval:
Not applicable
Funding:
None
Competing interests:
Authors are employees of UKHSA, no conflicts related to the vaccine
Provenance and peer review:
Internally peer-reviewed
Note:
Document type
Official guidance, health policy document
Context:
A health policy document outlining the implementation of a meningococcal vaccine programme for individuals at high risk of gonorrhoea in the UK, targeting gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM).
Reference no:
Hib/MenC PGD
Version no:
v6.0
Valid from:
1 July 2025
Expiry date:
30 April 2026
Authorising organisations:
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Target audience:
Registered healthcare practitioners
Responsible body:
UKHSA
Note:
Amendment history
v1.0 and v2.0:
See previous versions of this PGD template for details (19 January 2016 to 23 April 2018)
v3.0:
PHE Hib/MenC PGD amended to: include vaccination of individuals for the prevention of secondary cases of meningococcal group C disease (24 April 2018)
v4.0:
PHE Hib/MenC PGD amended to: remove reference to individuals with an underlying medical condition (5 March 2020)
v5.0:
UKHSA Hib/MenC PGD amended to: include minor rewording of standard text, layout and formatting changes (4 May 2022)
v6.0:
UKHSA Hib/MenC PGD amended to: include minor rewording, updated references, and changes to the childhood immunisation schedule (2 June 2025)
Developed by:
Christina Wilson (Lead Pharmacist), Professor Shamez Ladhani (Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant), David Green (Nurse Consultant for Immunisation Programmes)
Peer-reviewed by:
UKHSA Immunisations PGD Expert Panel
Date approved:
2 June 2025
Year:
2025
Region / City:
United Kingdom
Topic:
Meningococcal Disease, Ciprofloxacin, Public Health
Document Type:
Clinical Guidance
Organization / Institution:
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Author:
Shilan Ghafoor, Dr. Shamez Ladhani, Kate Wedgwood
Target Audience:
Healthcare Practitioners, Public Health Authorities
Period of Validity:
From 20 October 2025
Approval Date:
10 October 2025
Expiry Date:
19 October 2028
Review Date:
19 October 2027
Year:
2023
Region / City:
Massachusetts
Topic:
Meningococcal disease, Vaccination requirements
Document type:
Health advisory
Institution:
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Author:
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Target audience:
College and residential school students, Parents and legal guardians
Period of validity:
Ongoing
Approval date:
Not specified
Amendment date:
Not specified
Year:
2025
Region / City:
England
Topic:
Meningococcal Disease, Vaccination
Document Type:
Patient Group Direction (PGD)
Organization / Institution:
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Author:
UK Health Security Agency
Target Audience:
Healthcare practitioners, NHS organizations
Period of validity:
1 July 2025 - 28 February 2028
Approval Date:
2 June 2025
Amendments Date:
11 December 2024, 7 December 2022, 28 January 2021, 21 December 2018, 24 April 2018, 3 February 2017, 21 July 2015
Note:
Context
Year:
2025
Region / city:
England
Topic:
Vaccination
Document Type:
Patient Group Direction (PGD)
Authorizing Body:
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Target Audience:
Healthcare professionals involved in immunization
Validity Period:
31 July 2025 – 31 December 2027
Review Date:
30 June 2027
Amendment History:
v1.0 to v6.0
Approval Date:
2 June 2025
Year:
2024
Region / city:
England
Theme:
Vaccination, Meningococcal Disease
Document type:
Patient Group Direction (PGD)
Institution:
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Author:
Suki Hunjunt, Mary Ramsay, David Green
Target audience:
Healthcare practitioners
Period of validity:
From 28 February 2025 to 28 February 2028
Approval date:
11 December 2024
Revision date:
7 December 2022
Expiry date:
28 February 2028
Content changes:
Minor rewording and updates for clarity and consistency, updated qualifications and professional registration
Purpose:
Facilitates the administration of the meningococcal group B vaccine in individuals with increased risk from Neisseria meningitidis group B in the UK
Year:
2017
Region / city:
Australia
Theme:
Meningococcal Vaccination
Document Type:
Application for Vaccine Listing
Organization / institution:
National Immunization Program (NIP)
Author:
Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd
Target Audience:
Health professionals, adolescents, school-based vaccination program administrators
Validity Period:
Not specified
Approval Date:
29 August 2013
Amendment Date:
Not specified
Note:
Contextual description
Year:
2020
Region / City:
United Kingdom, London
Subject:
Meningococcal disease, vaccination
Document Type:
Research article
Institution:
St George’s University of London, Public Health England
Author:
Catherine Isitt, Catherine A Cosgrove, Mary E Ramsay, Shamez N Ladhani
Target Audience:
Healthcare professionals, researchers
Period of validity:
Ongoing
Date of approval:
2013
Date of modifications:
None specified
Year:
2017
Region / city:
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Topic:
Meningococcal Vaccination
Document Type:
Health Information Sheet
Organization:
Western Australia Department of Health
Author:
Western Australia Department of Health
Target Audience:
Community members in remote regions of Western Australia
Effective Period:
Ongoing during the MenW outbreak response
Approval Date:
October 2017
Modification Date:
Not specified
Year:
2017
Country:
Australia
Programme:
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme (AMSP)
Coordinating body:
National Neisseria Network
Funding body:
Australian Government Department of Health
Authors:
Monica M Lahra; Rodney Enriquez; CR Robert George
Subject:
Invasive meningococcal disease surveillance
Pathogen:
Neisseria meningitidis
Data sources:
National Neisseria Network laboratories; National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
Number of laboratory-confirmed cases:
374
Number of notified cases:
379
Primary serogroups reported:
B; W; Y; C
Peak incidence period:
1 July – 30 September 2017
Geographical coverage:
All Australian states and territories
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing:
Penicillin; Ceftriaxone; Ciprofloxacin; Rifampicin
Type of document:
Annual epidemiological surveillance report
Year:
2025
Region:
Washington State, United States
Topic:
Meningococcal disease and vaccination information
Document type:
Public health informational notice
Issuing organization:
Washington State Department of Health
Legal basis:
RCW 70.54.370
Target audience:
First-time enrolled college students
Purpose:
Required educational information prior to enrollment
Publication date:
April 2025
Document code:
DOH 348-636
Distribution format:
Electronic information notice
Subject areas:
Disease transmission, symptoms, treatment, prevention, vaccination
Related institutions:
Colleges and universities in Washington State
Year:
2023
Region / City:
Victoria, Australia
Topic:
Vaccination Program
Document Type:
Consent Form
Organization / Institution:
Department of Health, Victorian Government
Author:
Unknown
Target Audience:
Parents or guardians of students in secondary schools
Period of Effectiveness:
Ongoing
Approval Date:
October 2023
Date of Changes:
October 2023