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Immunisations for teenagers and young people

Explains the HPV, Td/IPV and MenACWY vaccinations given to young people in school years 7 to 13.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 15 October 2015
• Last updated: 15 July 2024
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  1. 15 July 2024

     Updated 'A guide to immunisation for teenagers and young people' leaflet and text version.

  2. 7 March 2023

     Updated 'Immunisations for young people' leaflet and added text version.

  3. 13 December 2019

     Added January 2020 schedule leaflet.

  4. 20 November 2019

     Updated 'Immunisations for young people' leaflet.

  5. 29 March 2019

     Updated 'Immunisations for young people' leaflet.

  6. 11 January 2019

     Revised meningitis and septicemia leaflet.

  7. 4 July 2017

     Added revised immunisations for young people leaflet.

  8. 8 July 2016

     Updated leaflet in line with recent changes to the routine childhood vaccination schedule.

  9. 15 October 2015

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

A guide to immunisation for teenagers and young people (text version)

Ref: UKHSA publication: GOV-16997

HTML

A guide to immunisation for teenagers and young people leaflet

Ref: UKHSA publication number: 2024112

PDF, 1.44 MB, 24 pages

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Details

This leaflet contains information on:

• the tetanus, diphtheria and polio vaccine
• reminder to check that the young person has had 2 doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine
• human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for boys and girls
• meningococcal A, C, W, Y (MenACWY) vaccination, signs and symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia
• the routine and selective immunisation schedule

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