This chart shows the routine childhood vaccinations your child will be offered and when.
When vaccination is offered |
What disease does it protect against? |
Vaccine given |
| At birth | Hepatitis B (only given if the mother is Hepatitis B positive)Tuberculosis | Hep BBCG |
| 2 months old | The first injection against diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)Pneumococcal infection |
DtaP/IPV/Hib +Pneumoccal conjugate vaccine(PCV) |
| 3 months old | Booster dose against diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)Meningitis C |
DtaP/IPV/Hib +MenC |
| 4 months old | Another booster dose against diptheria , tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)Meningitis CPnuemoccocal infection |
DtaP/IPV/Hib + MenC + PCV |
| Around 12 months | Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib)Meningitis C | Hib + MenC |
| Around 13 months | First dose of the triple vaccine against measles, mumps and Rubella (German measles)Pneumococcal infection |
MMR + PCV |
| 3 years and 4 months or shortly after | Before your child starts school you’ll be offered a booster vaccination against diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and polio.You will also be offered a booster dose of the triple vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). |
DTaP/IPV or DtaP/IPV + MMR |
| 13 to 18 years old (and sometimes at birth) | A vaccine against tuberculosis is offered at school. A skin test is done before the injection is given then, if needed, one injection is given in the upper arm. |
BCG |
