Due to the recent news and confirmed cases of Meningococcal B in Kent, we have received a high number of calls regarding the MenB vaccine and whether patients are already protected.
Please note the following:
- Children born in 2015 or later
If your child was born after 2015 and has received all routine childhood vaccinations (with none declined), they should already be protected.
The MenB vaccine was added to the UK childhood immunisation schedule for children under 2 years of age starting in 2015. - Anyone born before 2015
Individuals born before 2015 will not have received the MenB vaccine as part of the NHS routine schedule unless it was obtained privately. - Vaccination at our surgery
We do not offer the MenB vaccine on the NHS to anyone over the age of 2 years.
If you would like to receive the vaccine and are over 2 years old, this would need to be arranged privately through a vaccination provider. - Kent education settings
Some high schools, colleges, and universities in the Kent area are currently offering the MenB vaccine to their students.