Immunisation Schedule Queensland

Vaccines listed on the Immunisation Schedule Queensland are funded for all eligible infants, children, adolescents and adults in Queensland.

While these vaccines are free for eligible people under the National Immunisation Program (NIP) or state-funded programs, your vaccination provider may charge a consultation fee for the visit. Check if there are any fees when making your appointment.

The Queensland School Immunisation Program allows Year 7 and 10 students to be vaccinated through their school for free by a qualified provider.

The Immunisation Schedule Queensland details the eligibility for NIP funded vaccines and state-funded vaccines.

Immunisation Schedule Queensland 2024 Children (PDF 128 kB)

Immunisation Schedule Queensland 2024 Adolescents, Adults and additional vaccination for people with medical risk conditions (PDF 232 kB)

National Immunisation Program 2024 Influenza Advice (eligibility and vaccines) (PDF 713 kB)

Changes to the Immunisation Schedule

The Queensland Meningococcal B (MenB) Vaccination Program is a state-funded initiative aimed at protecting infants, children, and adolescents from the rare but severe meningococcal B strain.

The MenB Program is being rolled out across Queensland in quarter one 2024, commencing in the Queensland School Immunisation Program and then phased into primary care providers. All Queensland Health Immunisation Program registered vaccination service providers will have access to state-funded vaccines for eligible cohorts by the end of March 2024.

More information is available from the Queensland MenB Vaccination Program

Other important immunisation programs

COVID-19

Read about the most up-to-date COVID-19 vaccine information.

Annual influenza program

Annual vaccination is the most important measure to prevent influenza (flu) and its complications and is recommended for all people aged 6 months and over. Queensland Health coordinates the implementation of the NIP for influenza in Queensland, which includes distributing the influenza vaccine to over 2,500 Queensland vaccine service providers. For further details on this program, visit the Queensland Health Influenza Vaccination Guidelines.

You can also visit the Australian Immunisation Handbook for further information about influenza vaccinations.

Pertussis (whooping cough), influenza and COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women

Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccination for pregnant women is offered as part of the NIP. Vaccination is recommended with each pregnancy to provide maximum protection for newborn babies. This includes pregnancies which are close together (e.g., less than 2 years).

The online Australian Immunisation Handbook recommends vaccination of pregnant women (between 20 and 32 weeks).

Pregnant women should also ensure they are vaccinated for influenza, which can safely be given at the same time as the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine. For the best protection against flu, pregnant women who receive an influenza vaccine late in the influenza season should be re-vaccinated if the next season's vaccine becomes available before the end of their pregnancy. However, they must wait until week 20 of their pregnancy to receive the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine. Women should not delay receiving the influenza vaccine so they can have it at the same time as the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.

More information on immunisation for pregnancy is available on the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care website.

Shingles

From 1 November 2023, Shingles vaccination with the Shingrix® vaccine is free under the NIP for adults aged 65 years and older.

More information about these changes, including eligibility is available on the Department of Health and Aged Care website.

Updated program advice is available for consumers and vaccination providers below.

National Immunisation Program – Shingles program advice for vaccination providers

National Immunisation Program – Shingles program advice for consumers

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B vaccine is funded for the groups listed under the NIP including:

  • low-birth weight preterm newborn infants (less than 2,000g) and/or infants born at less than 32 weeks' gestation (irrespective of weight), should also receive a booster of a hepatitis B-containing vaccine at 12 months of age
  • hepatitis B vaccine is also funded for a primary course for the following groups, if not previously vaccinated:
    • household or other close (household-like) contacts of people with hepatitis B
    • sexual contacts of people with hepatitis B
    • migrants (who have a Medicare card) from hepatitis B endemic countries
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
    • people with chronic liver disease and/or hepatitis C
    • people who inject drugs.

Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended (but not funded) for other individuals who may be at risk of hepatitis B. Refer to the online Australian Immunisation Handbook for further details.

Catch-up vaccines for all children and adolescents up to 19 years

Catch-up immunisations aim to provide optimal protection against disease as quickly as possible by completing the vaccinations recommended for a person.

Immunisation providers should actively review a patient's vaccination history on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) and give the appropriate catch-up vaccines as recommended in the online edition of The Australian Immunisation Handbook. An appropriate catch-up schedule cannot be administered without first checking a person’s vaccination history.

If a person has not received all the vaccines in the Immunisation Schedule Queensland appropriate for their age, plan and document a catch-up schedule for them.

National Immunisation Catch-up Calculator

National Immunisation Catch-up Calculator (NICC) for children up to 10 years of age has been released by the Australian Government Department of Health.

Immunisation providers and parents can input key information such as the following to determine the catch-up vaccination schedule required:

  • name, address and date of birth
  • indigenous status
  • past vaccination history, by either antigen or vaccine names.

The catch-up calculation output can be printed in hard copy.

The NICC has been developed by the Australian Government Department of Health to replace the current immunisation calculator hosted on the South Australian Department of Health website.

National Immunisation Program schedule changes will be incorporated into the calculator. Future releases of the NICC will focus on expanding to people over the age of 10.

Immunisation

Last updated: 11 October 2023