The surgery follows the NHS Child Vaccination Programme and will automatically invite patients who require the vaccinations within this programme via text message or phone call.
If you would like to discuss any of the vaccinations your child has been invited for with a member of the clinical team, please contact our reception team who can arrange this.
- Vaccinations – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- How does herd immunity work? – YouTube
- Do you know how vaccines work? (youtube.com)
- Why vaccination is important and the safest way to protect yourself – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- NHS vaccinations and when to have them – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Home | Vaccine Knowledge Project (ox.ac.uk)
There are key changes to the childhood immunisation programme from 1st july.
Key changes
From 1st July 2025:
- Meningitis B schedule changes to 8 and 12 weeks
- PCV13 moves to 16 weeks
- 12-month monovalent hepatitis B dose is discontinued for babies on the selective neonatal pathway
- Hib/MenC is discontinued for any baby born on or after 01/07/24
MMRV vaccine – Vaccination eligibility by date of birth
| Date of birth | Age on 31 December 2025 | New programme from 1 January 2026 | Child’s full schedule for MMR / MMRV |
| 01/01/2025 or later | Under 1 year | Two doses of MMRV at 12 months and 18 months | 12 months – MMRV 18 months – MMRV |
| 01/07/2024 to 31/12/2024 | 1 year to under 18 months | Two doses of MMRV at 18 months and 3 years 4 months | 12 months – MMR 18 months – MMRV 3 years 4 months – MMRV |
| 01/09/2022 to 30/06/2024 | 18 months to under 3 years 4 months | One dose of MMRV at 3 years 4 months | 12 months – MMR 3 years 4 months – MMRV |
| 01/01/2020 to 31/08/2022 | 3 years 4 months to under 6 years | Selective catch-up from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2028 for those who have not yet had chickenpox infection or 2 doses of varicella vaccination [note 1] | 12 months – MMR 3 years 4 months – MMR MMRV catch-up offer |
| 31/12/2019 or before | 6 years and older | Not eligible | 12 months – MMR 3 years 4 months – MMR |