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Vaccinations are given free by your GP surgery. The surgery usually contacts you when each set is due; if you have moved or think you have missed one, phone the surgery or your health visitor. School-age vaccines are given by the local NHS school immunisation team.
NHS - find a GPTap any milestone to expand it. Each vaccine explains what it is, the diseases it prevents, and why it is given at that age.
8 weeksNewborn3 vaccines
One injection that protects your baby against six serious infections at once. Giving them together means fewer needles and earlier protection against illnesses that are most dangerous in the first months of life.
Given in the thigh. Mild fever, irritability and a sore leg for a day or two are common and expected.
Liquid drops into your baby's mouth - no needle. Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe tummy bugs in young children and a frequent reason babies are admitted to hospital with dehydration.
Must be started before 15 weeks and completed before 24 weeks of age.
Protects against the most common cause of meningitis and blood poisoning in UK babies. Because MenB can raise a fever, your nurse will recommend giving infant paracetamol around this vaccine.
12 weeksNewborn3 vaccines
The second dose builds on the first. Each dose strengthens and lengthens the protection your baby has.
The second MenB dose. As before, infant paracetamol is recommended to reduce the chance of fever.
The second and final rotavirus dose. After this your baby has full protection against the worst rotavirus tummy bugs.
16 weeksNewborn2 vaccines
The third dose completes the closely spaced early course. A fourth dose follows at 18 months.
Protects against pneumococcus, a common bacterium that can cause pneumonia, ear infections and, more rarely, meningitis in young children.
1 year (12-13 months)Toddler3 vaccines
Protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox in one injection. Chickenpox was added to the routine UK schedule in 2025. Measles is highly infectious and can be serious, so this vaccine matters for every child. A second dose follows at 18 months.
The pneumococcal booster given around the first birthday to lock in long-term protection.
The final MenB dose. Paracetamol is again advised around this appointment.
18 monthsToddler2 vaccines
A booster dose introduced to the UK schedule in 2025. It keeps protection strong through the toddler years and replaces the separate Hib/MenC booster that used to be given at 1 year.
The second MMRV dose. Two doses give around 99% protection against measles and strong protection against chickenpox.
2 years to school Year 11 (annually)Toddler1 vaccine
A quick spray up each nostril, offered every autumn to all children from age 2 until they finish Year 11 of secondary school. Flu can be much more serious in young children than most parents expect.
Given annually each autumn/winter. An injected version is used for the small number of children who cannot have the nasal spray.
3 years 4 monthsChild2 vaccines
A booster before starting school that refreshes protection against four diseases from the baby 6-in-1 course.
For children born before 2025 who have not yet had their measles-containing doses on the newer 1-year / 18-month timing, an MMRV dose is given here as a catch-up.
12 to 13 years (school year 8)Teen1 vaccine
Protects against the human papillomavirus, which causes almost all cervical cancer and several other cancers later in life. Offered to all children in school year 8. The UK uses a single-dose schedule for this age group.
14 years (school year 9)Teen2 vaccines
The last routine tetanus, diphtheria and polio booster of childhood. It carries protection through into adult life.
Protects teenagers against four groups of meningococcal bacteria. Cases rise in the late teens, especially among students starting college or university.
Given in addition to the routine schedule, for children who meet certain criteria.
When: Around 28 days old
Who: Babies more likely to come into contact with TB - for example those with a parent or grandparent from a country with high TB rates, or living in an area of the UK with higher TB levels.
When: At birth and 4 weeks, in addition to the 6-in-1 doses, with a blood test at 1 year
Who: Babies born to mothers who are hepatitis B positive.
When: Every autumn
Who: Babies and children aged 6 months to 2 years with a long-term health condition are offered an injected flu vaccine.
When: From 28 weeks of pregnancy
Who: Not a baby vaccine - given to the mother. Protection passes to the baby before birth, cutting the risk of severe RSV in the first 6 months of life.
How United Kingdom compares with other countries for each vaccine, and the side effects that are normal.
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About the United Kingdom schedule
In the United Kingdom, childhood vaccinations are provided free through the NHS. The routine schedule is set by the UK Health Security Agency on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), and it is one of the most comprehensive in the world.
The schedule was updated in 2025-2026: chickenpox is now included (as the combined MMRV vaccine), there is a new appointment at 18 months, the 6-in-1 is now given four times, and the separate Hib/MenC booster has been dropped. Most babies still have their first injections at 8 weeks at the GP surgery, then at 12 and 16 weeks, around the first birthday, at 18 months, before school, and in the early teenage years through the school immunisation team.
This page lists every vaccine on the current NHS schedule, the diseases each one prevents, and roughly when your child is due. Enter your child's date of birth to see their personal timeline and what is coming up next.
How the UK compares
The UK's routine schedule protects against 17 diseases across 9 vaccination ages, 3 of them in the first year. By age 2 a child has had about 13 vaccine doses, including oral drops against rotavirus.
Less common elsewhere: The UK routinely vaccinates against Meningococcal B and Flu, which fewer than half of the other 13 countries on this site include for every child.
Compare the UK with any other country, disease by disease.
Behind schedule or new to the UK? Almost every dose still counts, and your clinic can plan a catch-up - see common questions or moving to the UK.