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Guidance

Shingles vaccination guide

Information on shingles and the benefits of vaccination for adults and a postcard to invite eligible patients.

Applies to England

Documents

Vaccination against shingles guide

Shingles vaccination invite postcard (print version)

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Shingles vaccination postcard (print version)

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Details

This guide explains:

  • what shingles is and how you get it
  • how the vaccine works to protect eligible people from shingles
  • when and how to get the vaccine

The shingles vaccination postcard is suitable for all shingles vaccination settings including GP practices.

The details of the vaccination appointment and address of the GP practice can be added to the back of the postcard and it can then be sent out to eligible patients to invite them to attend their appointment.

Paper copies of the English version, product code C24SGX1EN2213682EN001 of this leaflet are free to order or download.

New translations and accessible versions of the revised main leaflet are currently being produced. Accessible versions of thisthe previous version of the main leaflet are available to order and download in: Audio, Braille, BSL and Large Print.

Translations of the previous version of the main leaflet are available to order and download in: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Dari, Estonian, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Spanish, Somali, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Yiddish and Yoruba

Record cards

Record cards for the 2-dose programme are available to order (product code S23RC01). They are available in packs of 25.

Shingles vaccination stickers

Stickers for the shingles programme are available to order (product code S23ST04).

Shingles vaccination invitation postcards

There are 2 designs of postcards available. One is birthday themed and the second one is linked to the new leaflet artwork. Each postcard has an empty section for you to add the name and address of the eligible patient and post to them to remind them about making an appointment for their shingles vaccinations. They can be used for the first or second Shingrix vaccine. To order the postcards use product code S23PC02 and product code S23PC03.

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Updates to this page

Published 16 July 2013

Last updated 232 DecemberSeptember 20242025 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates
    1. Added links to accessible and translated versions of the updated shingles leaflet.

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Update history

2025-09-02 16:05
Added new version of the main guide.

2024-12-23 16:11
Added links to accessible and translated versions of the updated shingles leaflet.

2024-11-20 11:01
Corrected links to the product pages of health publications.

2024-11-06 11:05
Updated the current guidance to remove references to Zostavax which is no longer in use.

2023-08-22 12:20
Added links to accessible materials and removed resources no longer in use from September 2023.

2023-08-10 11:33
Added links to translated materials.

2023-07-18 11:43
Added the links to the shingles vaccination invitation postcards for health professionals.

2023-07-06 14:53
Added guides with changes from September 2023, and links for ordering record cards and stickers.