What private preventative healthcare or vaccines have you paid for your children?

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Inspired by the chat about private vaccinations on the meningitis thread at the moment.

What private preventative treatment, vaccines, other stuff have you sought for your children?
Basically I want to know what the NHS is missing that I can pay for. Lucky position to be in financially, but we don’t have actual private healthcare.

I didn’t get chickenpox vaccine for mine, but both have had early private orthodontic treatment (palate expanders).

Have been thinking as they’re both sporty about having a heart scan when a bit older and would pay for this if needed.
And now Men B boosters.

What else is worth doing outside of the NHS?

Men C has just been removed from the childhood vaccinations in the most recent round of changes, so considering paying for that.

what age did yours get it done?

The relevant date is 1 September 2015 when Meningitis B vaccine (Bexsero) was brought into the NHS infant vaccination programme. There has been no NHS catch-up programme for children born earlier. So unless they’ve been vaccinated privately or in another country, children and young people who were beyond infancy at that date are not protected against Meningitis B.

Yeah I have a 2012 and a 2016 - so my son should be fine but my daughter needs a catch up. Internet suggested that 15/16 was the right age to do this but looking into it again now as it's back in the news.

Chicken Pox when he was 2 years old.
Men B when he was 5.

He’s 17 now.

@dananananana I agree (always) with getting proper advice, but would suggest you look into it in around Y12 and on the basis of a reasonable expectation of 5 years’ strong protection. The start of university is a time when lots of people turn their minds to this, but the tragic situation unfolding in Canterbury is a reminder that Y13s can get this too - especially as many turn 18 during that year and start socialising in a more adult way including in bars and clubs.

Back in 2016, there was a big shortage of the BCG. My son was born premature and since TB was high in our area, we didn't want to wait. Ex wanted to pay for the chicken pox vaccine, but ds1 caught it and passed it on.

Chickenpox. Had escaped it entirely by the time covid came to an age and at 12 and 14 I felt they'd get a nasty dose at that age and bit the bullet.

Am now confusing myself here. My son was born in 2016 so would have had the baby jabs. But now I'm seeing loads of places saying that it lasts for 5 years so it seems he should get a booster as well. Is this what you are seeing too?

Think the first one was at just over a year old.

Men B for my eldest who was born just before the cut off for them adding it to the schedule.

Anyone know when they need a booster?

Also, should boys get the HPV vaccine?

They both had CP already so didn’t do that vaccine but would have had they not had CP before secondary.

All children are offered the HPV vaccine for the last several years - important for boys and girls. My daughter had hers last year and my son will get it in S1 (don't know what year that is in England but around 12)

It is covered by the Men ACWY vaccine given to teens though.

This is a topic of discussion over on the Canterbury outbreak thread: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5504081-meningitis-outbreak?page=1

Yes wondered if it’s worth them getting it before then, but not sure!

• pneumococcal vaccine

Meningitis b

Chicken pox and MenACWY vaccines as toddlers.

Thank you and to other posters for this information. I’d never heard of this before and will be looking out for a slot. What an amazing charity borne out of such tragedy.

I have teenagers born after the Men B programme was rolled out to and was already planning to get them vaxxed before uni but reading the shocking news today have decided to get them done this summer before they start 6th form.

we didn’t get chicken pox vaccines as by the time I got round to looking at it they ended up catching it aged 2 so that was that.

I got DD chickenpox and menACWY when she was littld (this was when the menB jab came out in the uk and I wanted that but they didn't have it in my country so was offered ACWY instead). Chickenpox was added to the schedule by the time DS came along so didn't need to get it for him and didn't get the meningitis one either.
I want to get DD a booster for menACWY before she moves to the city and DS will be given it when he does national service (its not on the schedule here except for certain risk groups and those doing national service)

Thank you for this. Been on my mind a lot for my very sporty 13 year old.

Now thinking about a Men B vaccine asap for my 13 year old. She's going to an international competition this summer with 9000 teenagers where they will be in close contact (dancing) and she'll be one of the youngest in her sessions so many will be in the clubbing/snogging era. Aware she'd then need a booster for Uni but I can't stop thinking about it now with the news today.

Chickenpox and men b for older kid cos she was out of the range.

We have heart issues in the family.

So both will be having heart scans and ECG on the NHS.