Principles of Vaccination Scheduling – What Practice Nurses Need to Consider

Vaccination Scheduling in Primary Care

Vaccination scheduling is a common and often complex challenge in primary care. This video supports practice nurses and other healthcare professionals to make safe and consistent decisions when managing incomplete, uncertain, or interrupted immunisation histories. Effective vaccination scheduling plays a key role in safe immunisation practice.

This recorded Lunchtime Health News session explores the core principles of vaccination scheduling in real clinical scenarios. It focuses on a structured approach to catch-up planning and decision-making across routine immunisation, travel health, and occupational health settings.

By understanding these principles, clinicians can make clear and defensible decisions in everyday practice.

Key learning points:

• Approaching unknown, incomplete, or unreliable vaccination histories
• Managing patients who have started vaccination courses overseas
• Knowing when to resume a course rather than restart it
• Planning effective catch-up schedules with minimal visits and delay
• Applying scheduling principles across routine, travel, and occupational health contexts
• Recognising and avoiding common scheduling errors

About the trainer

Alys Bunce is a Health Academy Clinical Trainer specialising in immunisation and travel health. She delivers clear and practical education that supports confident decision-making in primary care.

📆 Originally recorded live as a Health Academy Lunchtime Health News Session – Monday 20th April 2026

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