Full routine childhood immunisation schedule

The Department of Health website provides up-to-date and comprehensive information on immunisation. The full routine immunisation schedule from the website, which lists the vaccines currently required by patients from birth up to around
14 years of age, is reproduced below and is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/routine-childhood-immunisations-from-june-2013. The NHS Choices website covers information for the public, including a vaccination schedule and information on:

the benefits of vaccination
how vaccines are developed and tested
available travel vaccinations.

(See: www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/vaccination-saves-lives.aspx.)

2 months old
	Vaccine	Immunisation site
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type b	DTaP/IPV/Hib	One injection
Pneumococcal infection (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine)	PCV	One injection
Rotavirus (from July 2013)	Rotavirus	By mouth

3 months old
	Vaccine	Immunisation site
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type b	DTaP/IPV/Hib	Thigh
Meningitis C (meningococcal group C)	MenC	Thigh
Rotavirus (from July 2013)	Rotavirus	By mouth

4 months old
	Vaccine	Immunisation site
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type b	DTaP/IPV/Hib	Thigh
Pneumococcal disease (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine)	PCV	Thigh

Between 12 and 13 months old—within a month of first birthday
	Vaccine	Immunisation site
Haemophilus influenzae type b and meningitis C	Hib/MenC	Upper arm/thigh
Measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles)	MMR	Upper arm/thigh
Pneumococcal disease (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine)	PCV	Upper arm/thigh

3 years and 4 months or soon after
	Vaccine	Immunisation site
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and polio	dTaP/IPV	Upper arm
Measles, mumps, and rubella	MMR	Upper arm

Girls aged 12 to 13 years
	Vaccine	Immunisation site
Cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 (and genital warts caused by types 6 and 11)	HPV	Upper arm

Around 14 years old
	Vaccine	Immunisation site
Diphtheria, tetanus, and polio	Td/IPV, and check MMR statusIPV	Upper arm
Meningitis C (meningococcal group C)	MenC	Upper arm

Reproduced with kind permission from NHS Immunisation Information