Health Visitors collaborate with GP’s to ensure your child receives their immunisations which provide vital protection from serious illnesses.
We can provide information about immunisations and address queries about individual vaccines. The GP surgery team vaccinate children, once you have registered your child at a GP, most surgeries will send you vaccination appointments directly.
The childhood immunisation schedule can be subject to change in response to levels of risk, and to incorporate new research, schedule information and detailed explanations of each vaccine can be found here: NHS vaccinations and when to have them - NHS (www.nhs.uk)