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Bedfordshire and Luton Joint Formulary
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB
Formulary Chapter: 14 - Immunological products and vaccines 
Notes:

Any drug not listed on the Formulary should be considered Non-Formulary - Not recommended for prescribing
14.04 Vaccines and antisera

Covid-19 vaccines (Comirnaty®, Vaxzevria®, Spikevax®)

GREEN
Formulary

General information for the public can be found here.

 

Click individual vaccine links below for further information:

Entry reviewed: Dec 2021

BNF BNFc SPC

Nirsevimab for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (Beyfortus®)

RED
Formulary

NHSE NHSE commissioned vaccine for preterm neonates and high risk infants - see Green book for full details.

 

Entry reviewed: September 2025

BNF BNFc SPC
Non formulary items

Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (Ixiaro®)

 
Non Formulary

Primary care: This vaccine should not be prescribed on the NHS exclusively for the purposes of travel. These vaccine should continue to be recommended for travel but the individual traveller will need to bear the cost of the vaccination.

BNF BNFc SPC

Malaria vaccine (Mosquirix®)

 
Non Formulary
BNF BNFc SPC
14.04 Anthrax vaccine
14.04 BCG vaccines
14.04 Botulism antitoxin
14.04 Cholera vaccine
14.04 Diphtheria vaccines
14.04 Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine
14.04 Hepatitis A vaccine
14.04 Hepatitis B vaccine
14.04 Human papilloma virus vaccine
14.04 Influenza vaccine
14.04 Measles vaccine
14.04 Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine
14.04 Meningococcal vaccines
14.04 Mumps vaccine
14.04 Pertussis vaccine
14.04 Pneumococcal vaccines
14.04 Poliomyelitis vaccines
14.04 Rabies vaccine
14.04 Rotavirus vaccine
14.04 Rubella vaccine
14.04 Smallpox vaccine
14.04 Tetanus vaccines
14.04 Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine
14.04 Typhoid vaccines
14.04 Varicella-zoster vaccine
14.04 Yellow fever vaccine
Classifications
GREEN
May be initiated in any care setting
Amber SPA
Specialist to advise therapy and provide first 28 days supply, continuation in Primary Care
Amber SPIS
Specialist to initiate and stabilise medicine prior to continuation in Primary Care
SCG
To be prescribed as per Shared Care Guidance. If no SCG in place status reverts to red.
RED
Red medicines are designated as specialist only medicines which should only be prescribed by a specialist, usually within secondary care (either due to the requirement for specialist knowledge, long-term monitoring requirements, or restrictions that mean medicine supplies are only available to hospitals).
DNP
A decision has been made either locally and/or nationally not to routinely commission this preparation. Do not prescribe.
SELF
To be purchased over the counter. May be prescribed for chronic, long term conditions or on admission to hospital if essential.