Child Health

Drop-in clinic with our health visitor for advice and weight checking.

Vaccinations for all children up to age 5.

 

For the first ten days of birth you will be still under care of midwife, after that the health visitor takes over. The health visitor will visit you and your baby at home You are able to contact her at the practice.

 

Clinic is held on Wednesdays from 10am - 11.30am

 

NHS vaccination schedule

 

Here's a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered to everyone in the UK for free on the NHS, and the ages at which they should ideally be given.

 

8 weeks

6-in-1 vaccine, given as a single jab containing vaccines to protect against six separate diseases: diphtheria; tetanus; whooping cough (pertussis); polio; Haemophilus influenzae type b, known as Hib, a bacterial infection that can cause severe pneumonia or meningitis in young children; and hepatitis B

Pneumococcal (PCV) vaccine

Rotavirus vaccine

MenB vaccine

 

12 weeks

6-in-1 vaccine, second dose

Rotavirus vaccine, second dose

 

16 weeks

6-in-1 vaccine, third dose

Pneumococcal (PCV) vaccine, second dose

MenB vaccine second dose

 

1 year

Hib/MenC vaccine, given as a single jab containing vaccines against meningitis C (first dose) and Hib (fourth dose)

Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, given as a single jab

Pneumococcal (PCV) vaccine, third dose

MenB vaccine, third dose

 

2 to 8 years

Children's flu vaccine (annual)

 

3 years and 4 months

Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, second dose

4-in-1 pre-school booster, given as a single jab containing vaccines against: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and polio

 

12-13 years

HPV vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer – two injections given 6-12 months apart

 

14 years

3-in-1 teenage booster, given as a single jab containing vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus and polio

MenACWY vaccine, given as a single jab containing vaccines against meningitis A, C, W and Y