Run by doctors, nurses and health visitors to monitor the health and growth of
your baby and offer protective injections. You should be invited to bring your
child along for a check-up at 8 weeks, along with injections at 8, 12 and 16
weeks for diphtheria, polio, tetanus, whooping cough and HIB. At I year your
child should he invited along for a measles, mumps, rubella immunisation and
at 3 years for a booster injection. Any child younger than 4 years who has not
had a HiB vaccine or any of the other courses mentioned should contact us to
arrange for this to be done.
Please feel free to make an appointment to discuss any problems your child
may have with the health visitors. Fathers and grandparents are welcome to come
along. We also offer Rubella immunisations and injections to school leavers.
Appointments can be made during child clinic hours.
Health visitors can be
contacted via Stapenhill Clinic phone 01283 569093 or via the surgery.
For more information on NHS immunisation schedules please click here to go to the official NHS website.