Age due |
Diseases protected against |
Vaccine given and trade name |
Usual site |
Eight weeks old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and hepatitis B |
DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB |
Infanrix hexa |
Thigh |
Meningococcal group B (MenB) |
MenB |
Bexsero |
Left thigh |
Rotavirus gastroenteritis |
Rotavirus |
Rotarix |
By mouth |
Twelve weeks old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib and hepatitis B |
DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB |
Infanrix hexa |
Thigh |
Pneumococcal (13 serotypes) |
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) |
Prevenar 13 |
Thigh |
Rotavirus |
Rotavirus |
Rotarix |
By mouth |
Sixteen weeks old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib and hepatitis B |
DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB |
Infanrix hexa |
Thigh |
MenB |
MenB |
Bexsero |
Left thigh |
One year old (on or after the child’s first birthday) |
Hib and MenC |
Hib/MenC |
Menitorix |
Upper arm/thigh |
Pneumococcal |
PCV booster |
Prevenar 13 |
Upper arm/thigh |
Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles) |
MMR |
MMR VaxPRO2 or Priorix |
Upper arm/thigh |
MenB |
MenB booster |
Bexsero |
Left thigh |
Eligible paediatric age groups1 |
Influenza (each year from September) |
Live attenuated influenza vaccine LAIV2, 3 |
Fluenz Tetra2, 3 |
Both nostrils |
Three years four months old or soon after |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio |
DTaP/IPV |
Repevax or Boostrix-IPV |
Upper arm |
Measles, mumps and rubella |
MMR (check first dose given) |
MMR VaxPRO2 or Priorix |
Upper arm |
Boys and girls aged twelve to thirteen years |
Cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 (and genital warts caused by types 6 and 11) |
HPV (two doses 6-24 months apart) |
Gardasil |
Upper arm |
Fourteen years old (school year 9) |
Tetanus, diphtheria and polio |
Td/IPV (check MMR status) |
Revaxis |
Upper arm |
Meningococcal groups A, C, W and Y disease |
MenACWY |
Nimenrix or Menveo |
Upper arm |
65 years old |
Pneumococcal (23 serotypes) |
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPV) |
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine |
Upper arm |
65 years of age and older |
Influenza (each year from September) |
Inactivated influenza vaccine |
Multiple |
Upper arm |
70 years old |
Shingles |
Shingles |
Zostavax2 |
Upper arm |