Immunisation is the process of delivering a vaccination to protect a person against a disease.
We hold clinics for Child immunisations on a Monday and all appointments are with one of our nursing team. We will remind you to make an appointments at the appropriate time but do contact reception if you have any questions.
Vaccine is the product given during immunisation which your body uses to fight exposure to disease.
Immunisations can save your child’s life: some diseases continue to harm or kill children across the world. Don’t let your child be one of them.
Vaccines are very safe and effective: vaccines are only licensed for children after long and careful development and testing by researchers and doctors. Vaccines will involve some discomfort and may cause pain, redness, or tenderness at the site of injection but this is minimal compared to the pain, discomfort, and trauma of the diseases these vaccines prevent. Fever can be expected after any vaccination, but is more common with the Men B vaccine. Giving paracetamol soon after Men B vaccination – and not waiting for a fever to develop – will reduce the risk of your child having a fever. Serious side effects following vaccination, such as severe allergic reaction, are very rare.
Immunisation protects others you care about: some babies are too young to be protected by vaccination and others may not be able to receive certain vaccinations due to severe allergies, weakened immune systems from conditions like leukaemia, or other reasons. To help keep them safe, it is important that you and your children are fully immunized. This not only protects your family, but also helps prevent the spread of these diseases to your friends and loved ones.