Vaccination Schedule

Routine childhood immunisations

When to immunise	Diseases protected against	Vaccine given	Site Where two or more injections are required at once, these should ideally be given in different limbs. Where this is not possible, injections in the same limb should be given 2.5cm apart.
8 weeks	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and Hepatitis B (1st dose)	Infanrix Hexa	Thigh
8 weeks	Meningitis B (1st dose)	Bexsero	Thigh
8 weeks	Rotavirus	Rotavirus (Rotarix)	By mouth
12 weeks	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and Hepatitis B(2nd dose)	Infanrix Hexa	Thigh
12 weeks	Pneumonia	Prevenar 13
12 weeks	Rotavirus	Rotavirus (Rotarix)	By Mouth
16 weeks	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and Hepatitis B (3rd dose)	DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel)	Thigh
16 weeks	Meningitis B ( 2nd dose)	Bexsero	Upper arm/thigh
Between 12 and 13 months old – within a month of the first birthday	Pneumococcal disease ( 2nd dose)	PCV (Prevenar 13)	Upper arm/thigh
Between 12 and 13 months old – within a month of the first birthday	Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles)	MMR (Priorix or MMR VaxPRO)	Upper arm/thigh
Between 12 and 13 months old – within a month of the first birthday	Haemophilus B (HiB),Meningitis C (1st dose)	Menitorix	Upper arm/thigh
Between 12 and 13 months old – within a month of the first birthday	Meningitis B (3rd dose)	Bexsero	Upper thigh/arm
2-10 years	Influenza yearly	Nasal Spray flu vaccine	nose
Three years four months old or soon after	Measles, mumps and rubella	MMR (Priorix or MMR VaxPRO) (check first dose has been given)	Upper arm
Three years four months old or soon after	Diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping Cough, Polio	Repevax	upper arm
Girls and Boys aged 12 to 13 years old	Cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 (and genital warts caused by types 6 and 11)	HPV (Gardasil)	Upper arm
Around 14 years old	Tetanus, diphtheria and polio	Td/IPV (Revaxis)	Upper arm
Around 14 years old	Meningitis A,C,W and Y	Meningitec, Menjugate or NeisVac-C	Upper arm

Where two or more injections are required at once, these should ideally be given in different limbs. Where this is not possible, injections in the same limb should be given 2.5cm apart.

Tuberculosis vaccination is offered to babies who are at higher risk of contracting TB. It is no longer part of the routine schedule in London due to a drop in numbers of people with TB.