Vaccination Schedule

Routine childhood immunisations

When to immunise	Diseases protected against	Vaccine given	Site**
Two months old	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)	DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel)	Thigh
	Pneumococcal disease	PCV (Prevenar 13)	Thigh
	Rotavirus	Rotavirus (Rotarix)	By mouth
Three months old	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib	DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel)	Thigh
	Meningococcal group C disease (MenC)	Men C (NeisVac-C or Menjugate)	Thigh
	Rotavirus	Rotavirus (Rotarix)	By mouth
Four months old	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib	DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel)	Thigh
Four months old	Pneumococcal disease	PCV (Prevenar 13)	Thigh
Between 12 and 13 months old – within a month of the first birthday	Hib/MenC	Hib/MenC (Menitorix)	Upper arm/thigh
	Pneumococcal disease	PCV (Prevenar 13)	Upper arm/thigh
	Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles)	MMR (Priorix or MMR VaxPRO)	Upper arm/thigh
Three years four months old or soon after	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio	dTaP/IPV (Repevax) or DTaP/IPV(Infanrix-IPV)	Upper arm
Three years four months old or soon after	Measles, mumps and rubella	MMR (Priorix or MMR VaxPRO)(check first dose has been given)	Upper arm
Girls aged 12 to 13 years old	Cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 (and genital warts caused by types 6 and 11)	HPV (Gardasil)	Upper arm
Around 14 years old	Tetanus, diphtheria and polio	Td/IPV (Revaxis), and check MMR status	Upper arm
Around 14 years old	Meningitis C	(Meningitec, Menjugate or NeisVac-C)	Upper arm

Please note

** Where two or more injections are required at once, these should ideally be given in different limbs. Where this is not possible, injections in the same limb should be given 2.5cm apart.

The Meningitis C vaccination will be introduced during the 2013/14 academic year and the vaccine supplied will depend on the brands available at the time of ordering

Immunisations for at-risk children

When to immunise	Diseases protected against	Vaccine given	Site
At birth, 1 month old, 2 months old and 12 months old	Hepatitis B	Hep B	Thigh
At birth	Tuberculosis	BCG	Upper arm (intradermal)

Noticeboard

VACANCIES

We are looking to recruit a further Nurse Practioner and this advert will shortly be available on NHS Jobsite.

We currently have a full time apprentice vacancy who will be required to study for an NVQ2 in Business Administration. This will be partly working in our dispensary as a prescription clerk. Please contact Julie Withey our Business Manager in the first instance to request further information.

NEW PARTNER

South Holderness Medical Practice is pleased to announce that Dr Julian Clark joined the practice as a new partner on 24th June. Dr Clark is an experienced GP who has been working as a partner in Grimsby for the last 20 years. He has a strong interest in Medical Education and has links with both GP Registrar Training and the Hull York Medical School. The practice has a long history in providing Medical Education and we are sure Dr Clark will help strengthen this further.

New telephone system

We are pleased to confirm our new telephone system has been commissioned and will be in place in late early August. There will be one local number for all 3 surgeries.

Online Appointments

A small number of appointments only are available to book online during this interim period.

We are planning to make improvements to our online offering in the next few months.

New Staff

Our new Nurse Practioner Jackie Carline has now started at the surgery. She will work alongside our existing Nurse Practioner Debbie Burkinshaw.

We continue to have a very high number of patients who fail to attend appointments they have made each day so please do remember to cancel so they can be offered to other patients who may really need them . You can cancel your appointments online.

Vaccination Schedule

Routine childhood immunisations

When to immunise

Diseases protected against

Vaccine given

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