Immunisation’s for your Child/Young Person offered in Nursery/School – Information for Parents

Contact your Child/Young Persons school if you have not received a consent form

Contact Vaccine UK for more information and to give consent  on 01922 902035, email walsall@v-uk.co.uk

• Autumn Term – Flu 

1. Protect your child/young person. The vaccine will help protect your child against flu and serious complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia
2. The children’s nasal spray flu vaccine is safe and effective. It’s offered every year to children to help protect them against flu
3. Protect you, your family and friends. Vaccinating your child will help protect more vulnerable friends and family
4. The nasal spray helps protect against flu, has been given to millions of children worldwide and has an excellent safety record
5. If your child gets flu, you may have to take time off work or arrange alternative childcare
6. Schools will send a letter to parents shortly before the vaccinations are planned to ask for their or their child’s consent
7. Children who are home educated will also be offered the vaccine, provided they’re in an eligible school age group

• Spring Term – DTP/MenACWY – Year 9

1. The teenage booster, also known as the 3-in-1 or the Td/IPV vaccine, is given to boost protection against 3 separate diseases: tetanus, diphtheria and polio
2. The MenACWY vaccine protects against serious infections like meningitis
3. It’s an injection given into the muscle of the upper arm
4. The 3-in-1 teenage booster is free on the NHS for all young people aged 14, as part of the national immunisation programme.
5. It’s routinely given at secondary school (in school year 9) at the same time as the MenACWY vaccine
6. Schools will send a letter to parents shortly before the vaccinations are planned to ask for their or their child’s consent
7. Children who are home educated will also be offered the vaccine, provided they’re in an eligible school age group

• Summer Term – HPV Year 8 (now only one dose)

1. The HPV vaccine reduces your chances of getting human papillomavirus (HPV), a common virus that’s spread through skin contact
2. Most types of HPV are harmless. But some types are linked to an increased risk of certain types of cancer
3. The HPV vaccine is given as an injection into muscle of your upper arm
4. Since the vaccine has been used, there has been a big drop in the number of young people getting conditions linked to HPV
5. Research suggests that over time the HPV vaccine will help save thousands of lives in the UK
6. Schools will send a letter to parents shortly before the vaccinations are planned to ask for their or their child’s consent
7. Children who are home educated will also be offered the vaccine, provided they’re in an eligible school age group

Contact your Child/Young Persons school if you have not received a consent form.

Contact Vaccine UK for more information and to give consent  on 01922 902035, email walsall@v-uk.co.uk