Showing posts with label UK immunisation schedule. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK immunisation schedule. Show all posts

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

UK immunisation schedule and links 2020

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-complete-routine-immunisation-schedule
This is june 2020
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/899423/PHE_Complete_Immunisation_Schedule_Jun2020_05.pdf

https://patient.info/doctor/immunisation-schedule-uk

This table is  from patient.info

UK 2020 Immunisation Schedule

AGE
Immunisation (Vaccine Given)
8 weeks
  • DTaP/IPV(polio)/Hib/HepB (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B) - 6-in-one injection (Infanrix hexa®); plus:
  • Rotavirus (Rotarix®) - oral route (drops).
  • Meningitis B Bexsero®).
  • PCV (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) - in a separate injection (Prevenar 13®). Note - for children born from 1st January 2020, this vaccine is offered at 12 weeks and 1 year rather than at 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 1 year.
12 weeks
  • DTaP/IPV(polio)/Hib/HepB 6-in-one injection, 2nd dose (Infanrix hexa®); plus:
  • PCV (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) - in a separate injection (Prevenar 13®) for babies born after 1st January 2020. Note - for children born before 1st January 2020, this vaccine is offered at 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 1 year rather than at 12 weeks and 1 year.
  • Rotavirus (Rotarix®) - oral route (drops).
16 weeks
  • DTaP/IPV(polio)/Hib/HepB 6-in-one injection, 3rd dose (Infanrix hexa®); plus:
  • Meningitis B 2nd dose (Bexsero®).
  • PCV (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) - in a separate injection (Prevenar 13®). Note - for children born from 1st January 2020, this vaccine is offered at 12 weeks and 1 year rather than at 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 1 year.
Between 12 and 13 months
  • Hib/MenC (combined as one injection) - 4th dose of Hib and 1st dose of MenC (Menitorix®); plus:
  • MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) - combined as one injection (Priorix® or M-M-RVAXPRO®); plus:
  • PCV 2nd dose (Prevenar 13®) - in a separate injection.
  • Meningitis B 3rd dose (Bexsero®).
2 years- end of primary school
  • Nasal flu spray annually (Fluenz Tetra®) for all children. For children aged 2, 3 and 4, this is usually given in the GP surgery. Children in primary school should have this at school.
3 years and four months
  • Preschool booster of DTaP/IPV(polio). 4-in-one injection (Repevax® or Boostrix IPV-IPV®); plus:
  • MMR 2nd dose (Priorix® or M-M-RVAXPRO®) - in a separate injection.
12-13 years (boys and girls)
  • HPV (human papillomavirus types 16 and 18) - two injections (Gardasil®). The second injection is given 6-24 months after the first one.
14 years
  • Td/IPV(polio) booster. 3-in-one injection (Revaxis®).
  • Men ACWY: combined protection against meningitis A, C, W and Y (Nimenrix® or Menveo®).
Adults
  • Influenza (annual) and PPV (pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine): for those aged over 65 years and also those in high-risk groups.
  • Td/IPV(polio): for those not fully immunised as a child or travelling to high-risk areas (Revaxis®).
  • DTaP/IPV: for pregnant women from 20 weeks of gestation to protect the newborn baby against whooping cough or people travelling to high risk areas (Boostrix-IPV® or Repevax®). 
  • Shingles (Zostavax®) vaccine: for adults aged 70 or 78 years. (Plus catch-up for adults born after 2nd September 1942 who have not previously been immunised if they are under 80 years).