We have developed a range of information for healthcare professionals and pregnant women about COVID-19 vaccination.
All pregnant women will be offered COVID-19 vaccination when their age group is called.
Guidance for healthcare professionals on vaccination in pregnancy can be found within the updated guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in pregnancy.
Resources and FAQs
- RCOG Q&As on COVID-19 vaccines, pregnancy, fertility and breastfeeding
- Read our updated information leaflet and decision aid about COVID-19 vaccination and pregnancy. This document aims to support women make a personal informed choice about whether to accept a COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy.
- Public Health England and the NHS have produced new posters to promote the importance of COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women. These posters are for use in GP surgeries, antenatal clinics and maternity units and include a QR code to the RCOG/RCM decision aid.
- Read the UK Teratology Information Service (UKTIS) monograph on non-live vaccination in pregnancy
- Information on COVID-19 vaccines and fertility from the British Fertility Society (BFS) and Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists (ARCS)
- PHE has produced a range of information for women of childbearing age, currently pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Watch this short animation by the IMPRINT network on the use of COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant and breastfeeding women
Watch this Q&A panel on the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy and breastfeeding run by NCT.
- Read the UK Teratology Information Service (UKTIS) monograph on non-live vaccination in pregnancy
- Read information on COVID-19 vaccines and fertility from the British Fertility Society (BFS) and Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists (ARCS)
- PHE has produced a range of information for women of childbearing age, currently pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding
Training resources for healthcare professionals
- Watch this short video from RCOG’s COVID-19 vaccine lead, Professor Lucy Chappell, on what healthcare professionals need to know about the different steps to consider around COVID-19 vaccination and pregnancy
- View the RCOG/RCM COVID-19 vaccines, pregnancy and fertility webinar (Wednesday 14 April 2021)
Monitoring vaccination in pregnancy (for vaccination that occurred prior to 1 April 2021)
If you are a healthcare professional and have met a woman who has been vaccinated in pregnancy up to and including 31 March 2021, please ensure this is centrally recorded to your UKOSS reporter for the joint UKOSS/UKTIS study. After this date, data is being routinely collected about pregnancy at the time of vaccination.
Pregnant women who have been vaccinated can report directly to UKTIS via their telephone line 0344 892 0909 (open 9-5pm Mon-Fri) or to:
Other reporting systems for healthcare professionals for inadvertent vaccination: