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Childhood vaccines
Sister Henriette Thoma
Tuesday 9.00am to 12.30pm
If someone other than the
parent/legal guardian brings your child for his/her vaccination, please note
that we require written consent
The practice offers and encourages a full range of vaccines.
The current
recommended schedule is:
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When to immunise |
Diseases protected against |
Vaccine given |
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Two months old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping
cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Pneumococcal infection |
DTaP/IPV/Hib and
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) |
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Three months old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping
cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Meningitis C (meningococcal group C) |
DTaP/IPV/Hib and MenC |
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Four months old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping
cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Meningitis C (meningococcal group C) Pneumococcal infection |
DTaP/IPV/Hib and MenC and PCV |
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Around 12 months |
Haemophilus influenza
type b (Hib) and
meningitis C |
Hib/MenC |
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Around 13 months |
Measles, mumps and rubella (German
measles) Pneumococcal infection |
MMR and PCV |
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Three years and four
months or soon after |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio
Measles, mumps and rubella |
DTaP/IPV or dTaP/IPV and
MMR |
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Girls aged 12 to 13 years |
Cervical cancer caused by human
papillomavirus types 16 and 18 |
HPV* |
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13 to 18 years old |
Tetanus, diphtheria and polio |
Td/IPV |
Click here
to find the NHS recommended programme of childhood immunisations.
Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and Haemophilus are in a single
injection, as are measles, mumps and rubella.
Separate injections are not available on the NHS.
More information on vaccines and immunisation:
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