Call
our Immunisation Department appointment line
01442 261 333 Option 1 to book an appointment. We administer
vaccines 9:00am—5:00 pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Boosters are offered 1 year after the first immunisation course.
2
Complete
a questionnaire prior to or on the first visit.
The questionnaires are available at the Hospital,
by post or may be downloaded
from this website.
Please bring your completed questionnaire to your appointment. Also, if the vaccine is for your child, please bring your child's developmental book
on your first visit.
3
Charges
for individual booster vaccines are payable on the
day of the appointment. Measles and rubella
vaccinations are £90 each.* We
accept cash, debit card or credit
card.
To
book a vaccination appointment,
please call our
immunisation appointment line:
+44 (0) 1442 261 333 Option 1.
*Breakspear
Medical Group reserves the right to alter
prices without notice.
Booster Vaccinations
Important note (November 2009): Although we have an uninterrupted supply of rubella and measles vaccines, currently there are no further supplies of single mumps vaccines coming into the United Kingdom for the foreseeable future . More information about the mumps vaccine shortage and how it affects you...
The NHS policy for immunisation using the combined MMR vaccine is that all children should have 2 doses of the combined MMR – the initial vaccination and a booster. It is therefore sensible to administer boosters of the separate vaccines as well.
Whilst the seroconversion rate of the monovalent (single) measles, rubella and mumps vaccines is very high, recent findings have suggested that full immunity to these viruses may not last into adulthood if only one dose is administered, as many had previously thought.
A small percentage of children may fail to seroconvert (form antibodies) in response to the vaccination. Booster injections can offer children immunity into adult life.
Booster immunisations are usually recommended 3 years after the first vaccinations – usually between 4 and 6 years of age and are given at 6 weekly intervals.
It is also recommended that personnel working in health care and girls in their early teens, who have been advised to have a rubella booster, consider having the individual rubella vaccine. (The NHS offers only the 3 in 1 MMR vaccine.)
Alternatively, if you are concerned about re-immunising, a blood test can be taken to determine antibody level. If there are sufficient antibodies present, the child/adult has immunity and booster vaccinations will not be required. It should, however, be pointed out that the blood test will indicate a child’s immunity to these illnesses at present, but that the child’s immunity might change as the immune system matures.
