Guidance

Meningococcal B: vaccine information for healthcare professionals

Information for healthcare professionals on the meningococcal B vaccine.

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Ref: GOV-18370

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Information for healthcare professionals regarding the immunisation against meningococcal B disease for infants aged from 2 months.

Published 3 July 2015

Last updated 911 ~~June~~August 2025 + show all updates

9 June 2025
Updated HTML to reflect the changes to the childhood immunisation programmes from 1 July 2025 including the change in schedule timing for MenB doses.
6 June 2025
Document updated to align with the changes to the childhood immunisation schedule from 1 July 2025, moving second MenB dose to 12 weeks from 16 weeks.
13 March 2025
The PDF version of this guidance has been replaced by an HTML version. The title has been changed to clearly distinguish this guidance from that for other programmes. The guidance includes updated epidemiological information, and the references to latex and black triangle labelling have been removed.
1 July 2021
Added revised guidance.
14 January 2019
Updated document.
18 February 2016
Updated to reflect the recent supply constraints for the supply of Bexsero® to the private market.
22 September 2015
Updated document to include additional questions.
3 July 2015
First published.