From August 2017 the UK Routine Immunisation schedule has been updated to include the Hepatitis B vaccine.
When is it given? What does this mean for Health Visitors? How does it change the targeted vaccination programme for high risk infants? We will try to answer your questions.
Plus... Amy learns how to say 'Hexavalent'... (probably should have tried that out loud beforehand!)
PLEASE SEND REQUESTS / SUGGESTIONS TO: iamahealthvisitor@gmail.com
REFERENCES / FURTHER INFO:
Public Health England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hexavalent-combination-vaccine-programme-guidance
Campbell et al 2017 "Changing attitudes to childhood immunisation in English parents."
https://www.ncbi..nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28442229/
NHS Choices
http://www.nhs.uk/pages/home.aspx
NHS OpenAthens Library:
http://openathens.nice.org.uk