The Practice urges all parents to have their children fully immunised. If you require to see the doctor and / or the Practice nurse, please make an appointment with either.
Immunisation time-table
Many potentially fatal childhood diseases have been virtually eradicated in the UK due to the availability of vaccinations. It is very important that all children are fully immunised. Reminders are sent out by the Health Authority.
Current recommendations are:
Two months
- 1st diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio injection
- 1st HIB
- 1st Prevenar
- 1st Rotavirus
Three month
- 2nd diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio injection
- 2nd HIB/Menc
- 2nd Rotavirus
- Four months
- 3rd diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio injection
- 3rd HIB/Menc
- 2nd Prevenar
12 – 13 months
- Hib/MenC
- MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella [German Measles])
- 3rd Prevenar
15 – 18 years
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio
- Measles, mumps and rubella
- Tetanus, diphtheria and polio
- MenC
- Tetanus infections may develop in wounds picked up in the garden or street. We recommend that everyone has a booster every 10 years.
- HIB (Haemophilus Influenzae Type B) can cause:
- A type of Meningitis
- A severe form of Croup (Epiglottitis)
- Blood Poisoning (Septicaemia)
- Joint & Bone Infections
- Pneumonia
Each year about 1,300 children in the UK are infected by HIB and over half of these children develop HIB Meningitis. HIB immunisation is now offered to all babies and children up to four years old. We strongly recommend that all children under four receive this immunisation.