This summer the NHS in the South East is asking parents and carers of children due to start school this September to check their children’s vaccinations are all up to date ahead of starting school.
With only a few weeks to go before children aged 4 will start school for the 1st time, many parents and carers will be visiting the shops to get their child’s school uniform.
A 4-week campaign launched this week in cinema’s, soft play centres and Spotify podcasts across the South East to raise awareness of how important these vaccinations are for school aged children.
Vaughan Lewis, NHS England South East Medical Director said:
“If your child is starting school this September, it’s important that they are up to date with all their vaccinations to protect them against a range of serious childhood diseases.
“We know this is a busy time for families, so while you are getting everything ready for September, please make sure your child is up to date with their vaccinations. Give your child the best start to their school life and protect them today.
“If you’re not sure if your child has had all their vaccinations so far, you can check your child’s red book, or call your GP practice to double check, and then book an appointment if needed. If you have any concerns about whether to have your child vaccinated, please chat to your GP practice.”
The 4 in 1 pre-school booster vaccine is offered to children from the age of 3 years and 4 months to boost their protection against 4 different serious conditions: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio.
Children should also have 2 doses of the safe and effective MMR vaccine, with the first dose given around the child’s 1st birthday, and the 2nd dose given at around 3 years and 4 months old. Both doses are needed to ensure full and lasting protection against measles, mumps and rubella.
The MMR vaccine is 1 of the most studied vaccines in the world, with millions of doses given every year – it is safe for your child, and will protect them, their friends and the wider community from these unpleasant but preventable diseases.
The MMR vaccine protects against 3 infections – measles, mumps and rubella. These are viral infections that can quickly spread to non-immune children and adults who are unvaccinated or have not previously been infected.
With the recent rise in measles cases across parts of the South East, this campaign also focuses on the importance of children having their MMR vaccination and what signs and symptoms to look out for.
With around 1 in 10 children unvaccinated and unprotected against MMR, and because measles is so infectious, even small drops in MMR coverage can have a big impact on population immunity and leave us vulnerable to importations and outbreaks.
The campaign features in cinemas, soft play centres and Spotify podcasts over the next the next 4 weeks.
To find out more about how the vaccinations work, what they contain and the most common side effects, click here.
No mention of them checking for the unnecessary and untested against long term health problems vaccination for Monkey Pox or Covid then.?
Even now we know the dangers of these procedures
they still want to give them to our children.
Big Pharma funded by Mr G just won’t give it a rest.
And right on cue here come the knuckle dragging morons parroting their anti-vax drivel. Obviously, Bill Gates the philanthropist is a very strange choice of adversary.
I would not trust Bill if he paid me to.
Some people in this world are not a good judge of character.
Why the Fcuk would an I.T man want to control World Health!
After what I have seen over the last few years with relations who
have suffered since having the Covid vaccines. I will never trust vaccines again.