Information and Action – RSV vaccination ordering
The same RSV vaccine, Abrysvo®, is used for both the older adult and the maternal RSV vaccination programmes; however, vaccine supply for each programme is managed separately by UKHSA for England and the UK. It is therefore important that when providers are ordering Abrysvo® vaccine, orders should be placed for the ImmForm product that is specific to each RSV protection programme.
Product ordered for the infant RSV protection programme (offered to pregnant women) should not be used for the older adult RSV protection programme and vice versa. Immform account holders will see two different product lines and should order accordingly (as shown below).
General practice providers should order stock from the correct product line on ImmForm. Whilst the majority of vaccination will be in older adults, there may be a few occasions where there is an opportunity to vaccinate a pregnant individual and on these infrequent situations it would be acceptable to use the stock ordered for the older adult programme and then order stock from the maternal vaccine for infant protection product line to backfill that used.
Trust Providers commissioned to deliver the RSV maternal programme should ensure that stocks are ordered from the correct product line on Immform (Abrysvo maternal vaccine for infant protection), where it is found that RSV vaccine for older adult protection has been ordered incorrectly, the vaccine should be used and not discarded; action should be taken to ensure that future ordering is completed correctly.
For any ordering queries, please contact the helpdesk@immform.org.uk
Please also be reminded that the CQRS extraction for the older adults programme will not extract those patients aged 80 years. Where an individual aged 79 years on 31 August 2024 turns 80 and is vaccinated before the 31 August 2025 at age 80, then the practice will be required to manually claim for these individuals. Please send any claims to our generic inbox, providng the detials and attach screen shot evidence showing the number of vaccinations given (no PID). Payments for these claims will be made outside of CQRS.
For general queries and payment claims, please contact the London Imms Team at england.londonimms@nhs.net