Vaccinations - information and advice

Welcome to NHS Immunisation Information

Immunisation is a way of protecting your child against serious disease. Once children have been immunised their bodies can fight those diseases if they come into contact with them.

If a child is not immunised they will be at risk from catching the disease and will rely on other people immunising their children to avoid becoming infected.

There will always be some children who are left unprotected because:

• they can not be immunised for medical reasons
• they are too young to be immunised
• they cannot get to the vaccine services
• for a few, the vaccine doesn’t work.

The NHS provide more information on vaccinations.