What vaccinations should you have?
What vaccines should you have and when?
Vaccines protect yourself, your family and your community. Vaccines save millions of lives worldwide every year. Here is a list of what vaccines you should have and at what age:
Vaccines offered to babies under 1
It is important to get your baby vaccinated to help protect them from serious illness.
8 weeks
- 6-in-1 (diphtheria, hepatitis B, Hib, polio, tetanus, whooping cough)
- Rotavirus
- Meningitis B
12 weeks
- 6-in-1 (2nd dose)
- Pneumococcal (PCV)
- Rotavirus (2nd dose)
16 Weeks
- 6-in-1 (3rd dose)
- Meningitis B (2nd dose)
Vaccines offered to children aged 1 to 16 years
Children must receive their pre-school boosters before entering school. Protect our schools from preventable diseases.
1 Year
- Hib/Meningitis C
- Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
- Pneumococcal (PCV) (2nd dose)
- Meningitis B (3rd dose)
3 years plus 4 months
- MMR (2nd dose)
- 4-in-1 pre-school booster (diptheria, whooping cough, tetanus, and polio)
2-10 years
- Flu (plus children with chronic health conditions aged 6 months to 17 years)
12-13 years
- HPV (human papillomavirus)
14 years
- 3-in-1 teenage booster (tetanus, diptheria and polio)
- Meningococcal A, C, W and Y
Vaccines offered to adults
Pregnant women
- Whooping cough
- Flu
Over 65 years
- Pneumococcal (PPV)
- Flu (offered yearly after 65 years)
70-79 years
- Shingles
If you have a chronic health condition such as Diabetes, ask your GP if you can have other protective vaccines such as the flu or pneumococcal vaccine.
If you have missed a vaccination, ask your GP practice how you can catch up with your family's vaccination.
Contact your GP surgery to book a vaccination
For information about immunisations in a range of languages go to Coventry City Council’s website and click onto the translating icon: www.coventry.gov.uk/immunisations
