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Vaccine Community Challenges

Welcome to the illuminate Vaccine Community Challenges page. Here you'll be able to ask questions to the illuminate team to support your role as an Immunisation Lead.

Adverse events reporting and prescribing information can be found at the bottom of the page.

Healthcare professionals have been consulted by GSK and received honorarium.

Coordinating immunisation programmes can be complicated – but the illuminate team are here to help.

Share your queries on implementing the Shingles National Immunisation Programme, and our team of experienced immunisation Leads will provide dedicated, supportive advice.

Perhaps you’d like to know efficient ways of identifying eligible patients? Or how to set up effective shingles vaccination clinics?

Submit your challenges using the form below!

Questions will be answered on a selective basis, however your inputs will continue to inform new case studies, infographics and more to support the community and continue to drive immunisation best practice!

Hear from Rebecca on why you should submit your challenges

Meet Rebecca Smith, an Immunisation Lead in a GP surgery in Penistone. She has extensive knowledge in this field; ensuring efficient ordering and optimal delivery of vaccines, to support her surgery's immunisation team to help protect as many eligible patients as possible.

Our experienced team will address your questions and challenges. Let us know what you need help with!

Meet our team of experts!

Joanna

Joanna

Immunisation Lead

Joanna Lowry is a specialist nurse who initially worked in emergency medicine but developed an interest in tropical diseases and public health. She has worked in New Zealand and gained experience in a broad range of clinical settings, including an independent school and several GP practices. Jo is passionate about training healthcare professionals and helping them advance their knowledge.

Angela

Angela

Immunisation Lead

Angela is an established primary and secondary care registered general nurse with a portfolio career spanning over the last 30 years. As a lead nurse, she places particular value on the importance of immunisations and recognises that they save millions of lives every year, making them a vital part of healthcare. Along side her own work as a nurse, Angela is routinely involved in teaching and mentorship of students.

Ask your question to the illuminate team

Fill in the form below with the challenges you would like support with.

If your query does not relate to the implementation of adult immunisation programmes, for example product specific questions, please reach out to GSK via requesting a contact as there’s a chance it won’t be answered by our expert team. If you're contacting us about an adverse event, call 0800 221 441, email UKSafety@gsk.com.

By submitting a question or challenge, you are providing GSK with the permission to publish the question or challenges to illuminate with all personal information removed. If required, your submission and email address will be forwarded to our medical information team who will respond directly, which may be to seek further information on adverse events.

Please refer to GSK’s Healthcare Professional Privacy Policy. We will only use your contact details if we are required to follow up individually, otherwise your email address will be deleted from our system within 30 days of submitting your question.

Questions will be answered on a selective basis, and prior to publishing GSK will review the responses from healthcare professionals and has the permission to make amends to ensure compliance with the ABPI Code of Practice.

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September 2024 | PM-GB-AVU-WCNT-230010

For the GB and NI SHINGRIX® (herpes zoster vaccine, recombinant, adjuvanted) prescribing information, click here.