Children’s Vaccination schedule

Posted on August 12th, 2019

Children’s Immunisation Schedule

Here’s a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered to everyone in the UK for free on the NHS, and the age at which you should ideally have them.

2 months:

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib, a bacterial infection that can cause severe pneumonia or meningitis in young children) given as a 5-in-1 single jab known as DTaP/IPV/Hib
• Pneumococcal infection
• Rota Virus Vaccine
• Meningitis B Vaccine

3 months:

• 5-in-1, second dose (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
• Meningitis C Vaccine
• Rota Virus, second dose

4 months:

• 5-in-1, third dose (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
• Pneumococcal infection, second dose
• Meningitis B, second dose

Between 12 and 13 months:

• Meningitis C, third dose
• Hib, fourth dose (Hib/MenC given as a single jab)
• MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), given as a single jab
• Pneumococcal infection, third dose
• Meningitis B, third dose

2,3 and 4 years plus school years 1 and 2:

• childrens flu vaccine (annual)

3 years and 4 months, or soon after:

• MMR second jab
• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio (DtaP/IPV), given as a 4-in-1 pre-school booster

Around 12-13 years:

• Cervical cancer (HPV) vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer (girls only): three jabs given within six months

Around 13-18 years:

• Diphtheria, tetanus and polio booster (Td/IPV), given as a single jab
• MEN ACWY Vaccine

Around 19-15 years (first time students  only):

• MEN ACWY vaccine

65 and over:

• Flu (every year)
• Pneumococcal

 Vaccination Schedule

Click on the link below to see the NHS vaccine schedule

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/pages/vaccination-schedule-age-checklist.aspx