Vaccinations protect your child from many serious and potentially deadly diseases. They also protect other people by helping to stop the spread of diseases.
Our nurses are highly trained in giving your child their immunisations.
Please beware: many anti-vaccine stories are spread through social media. They are usually not be based on scientific evidence. You will put your child at risk of a serious illness if you do not get them vaccinated. Vaccines do not cause autism: studies have found no evidence of a link between MMR and autism. Vaccines do not overload or weaken the immune system or cause allergies. Please speak to one of our nurses if you have concerns.
Vaccines sometimes cause mild side effects that will not last long, for example feeling off colour, having a fever, or having a sore arm for 2 or 3 days.
Key Vaccinations
- 8 weeks: First doses of the 6-in-1, rotavirus, and MenB vaccines.
- 12 weeks: Second doses of the 6-in-1, rotavirus, and MenB vaccines.
- 16 weeks: Third doses of the 6-in-1 vaccine and the first dose of the pneumococcal (PCV) vaccine.
- 1 year: Hib/MenC vaccine, first dose of the MMR vaccine, and booster doses of the PCV and MenB vaccines.
- 3 years and 4 months: Second dose of the MMR vaccine and the 4-in-1 pre-school booster.
- Every year from age 2: Nasal flu vaccine until the end of primary school.
- 12 to 13 years: HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine.
What the Vaccines Protect Against
- 6-in-1: Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Hib disease, and hepatitis B.
- Rotavirus: Rotavirus, a common cause of severe diarrhoea.
- MenB: Meningococcal group B disease.
- PCV: Pneumococcal disease, which can cause pneumonia, meningitis, and septicaemia.
- MMR: Measles, mumps, and rubella.
- Hib/MenC: Hib and meningococcal group C disease.
- 4-in-1 booster: Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, and polio.
- Flu vaccine: Seasonal flu.
- HPV: Cancers and genital warts caused by human papillomavirus.
