The school immunisations team are running summer catch-up clinics for high school students who have missed one or more of their vaccinations. We will be offering:
- the HPV vaccine, which helps protect against cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) virus
- the MenACWY vaccine, which helps protect against meningococcal groups A, C, W and Y, which can cause meningitis and septicaemia
- the 3 in 1 teenage booster (Td/IPV), which protects against tetanus, diphtheria and polio
- The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is also offered as a catch-up programme to young people if they have missed any doses when they were younger.
Vaccinations protect people from serious preventable diseases.
Parents can call or email us and we will send them a link to book into the clinics.
Some young people can be vaccinated without parental consent if they ask to be vaccinated and have sufficient maturity to provide their own consent, this is known as Gillick-competency. The immunisation team will speak to the young person to determine if they are Gillick-competent.
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