Here's a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered to everyone in the UK for free on the NHS, and the age at which you should ideally have them.
Routine childhood immunisations
When to immunise |
Diseases protected against |
Vaccine given |
Site** |
Two months old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) |
DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel) |
Thigh |
Pneumococcal disease |
PCV (Prevenar 13) |
Thigh |
|
Rotavirus |
Rotavirus (Rotarix) |
By mouth |
|
Meningococcal group B (Men B) |
Men B |
Left thigh |
|
Three months old
|
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib |
DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel) |
Thigh |
Meningococcal group C disease (Men C) |
Men C (NeisVac-C or Menjugate) |
Thigh |
|
Rotavirus |
Rotavirus (Rotarix) |
By mouth |
|
Four months old
|
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib |
DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel) |
Thigh |
Pneumococcal disease |
PCV (Prevenar 13) |
Thigh |
|
Meningococcal group B (Men B) |
Men B |
Left thigh |
|
One year old
|
Hib/Men C |
Hib/Men C (Menitorix) |
Upper arm/thigh |
Pneumococcal disease |
PCV (Prevenar 13) |
Upper arm/thigh |
|
Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles) |
MMR (Priorix or MMR VaxPRO) |
Upper arm/thigh |
|
Men B |
Men B booster |
Left thigh |
|
Two to six years old |
Influenza (each year from September) |
Live attenuated influenza |
Both nostrils |
Three years four months old or soon after
|
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio |
dTaP/IPV (Repevax) or DTaP/IPV (Infanrix-IPV) |
Upper arm |
Measles, mumps and rubella |
MMR (Priorix or MMR VaxPRO)(check first dose has been given) |
Upper arm |
Please note
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.