Updates
Immunisation Clinics (Salford NHS)
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
3 months:
• 5-in-1, second dose (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
• Meningitis C
4 months:
• 5-in-1, third dose (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
• Pneumococcal infection, second dose
• Meningitis C, second dose
Around 12 months:
• Meningitis C, third dose
• Hib, fourth dose (Hib/MenC given as a single jab)
Around 13 months:
• MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), given as a single jab
• Pneumococcal infection, third dose
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