It is important that your child is fully immunised, so we have provided a schedule so that you can check that your child is kept up to date.
For comprehensive information on childhood immunisations in the UK, including translations of the schedule and information on all the vaccines and diseases protected against, please visit the NHS immunisation website.
If you are unable to attend an immunisation clinic, please remember to call us so an alternative date can be arranged.
Each vaccination is given as a single injection into the muscle of the thigh or upper arm.
| When to Immunise | Diseases protected against | Vaccine given |
| 8 Weeks old | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) & Hepatitis BRotavirus – a common cause of childhood diarrhoea and sickness**Pneumoccocal infectionMeningitis B (Meningoccocal group B)*** | DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB (6in1) Pneumoccocal conjugatevaccine (PCV) injections. Rotavirus is an oral solution MenB vaccine |
| 12 Weeks old | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) & Hepatitis BRotavirus – a common cause of childhood diarrhoea and sickness** | 6 in 1 Rotavirus is an oral solution |
| 16 Weeks old | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) & Hepatitis BPneumoccocal infectionMeningitis B (Meningoccocal group B) | 6 in 1 and PCV MenB vaccine |
| Around 12-13 months | Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and meningitis C | Hib/MenC |
| Around 12-13 months | Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles)Pneumococcal infectionMeningitis B (Meningoccocal group B) | MMR and PCV MenB vaccine |
| Three years and four months or soon after | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and polioMeasles, Mumps & Rubella | DTaP/IPV or dTaP/IPV and MMR |
| Girls aged 12 to 13 years old | Cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 | HPV* x2 injections at least six months apart |
| 13 to 18 years old | Tetanus, diphtheria and polioMeningitis ACWY (4 strains of Meningitis) | Td/IPV & Men ACWY |
* Human papillomavirus vaccine
This vaccine was introduced into the immunisation programme in September 2008.
For more information, visit NHS Choices HPV info
** Rotavirus Vaccine
This vaccine was introduced in June 2013, for more information, visit : NHS Choices Rotavirus info
*** Men B Vaccine was introduced in June 2015