What vaccinations should you have?

People are being encouraged to catch up on their routine vaccinations provided for free by the NHS.
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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

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