Vaccination and screening
SCW CHIS has a critical role sending invitations and reminders for children in their area for immunisations and screening in accordance with immunisation and national health screening programmes:
- Routine childhood immunisation schedule
- NHS newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme
- Newborn blood spot screening: programme overview
- Newborn hearing screening: programme overview
- NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme
- NHS selective programme for BCG vaccine for Tuberculosis (TB)
Vaccinations
Give your child the best protection from harmful diseases like measles and meningitis by having their vaccination on time.
The NHS recommends every child follows the UK Routine Immunisation Schedule:
This is a useful guide for vaccinations and when to have them. Vaccinations are offered free of charge in the UK. You can catch up with most vaccinations if you miss them:
This is a visual guide to vaccines: