Vaccine operating and planning guidelines

Guidance on establishing and managing a COVID-19 vaccination site.

This includes guidelines for the vaccination workforce and how to provide a clinically safe and quality vaccination service.

Operating guidelines

The Operating Guidelines are designed to provide operational guidance for the safe administration of COVID-19 vaccines and provide general operating guidance for COVID-19 and other Programme vaccines.

Full guidelines

The content of the Operating Guidelines remains the same, but the content has been reordered to improve flow and logic. The format has changed and the document now meets the Ministry's document control guidelines.

(Version 63 – Last updated January 2025)

Individual sections

For easier reference, the sections of the Operating Guidelines are now available as individual downloads.

(Last updated January 2025)

Appendices

For easier reference, the appendices of the Operating Guidelines are now available as individual downloads.

(Last updated June 2024)

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(Last updated January 2025)

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(Last updated January 2025)