HIB vaccine for a 4 year old?

[taffy101]

I recently had a card through for my 4 yr old dd to have 4th HIB vaccine. I was confused as it is not in the immunisation schedule so tried to contact HV - left message on answerphone but not heard back.

dd had the mmr + DTP/whooping cough in July (pre-school booster) and i assured her she wouldn't need any more till she was 12!!! I have googled it and all sites seem to indicate its not needed after 4 yrs as very rare after this age. The appointment is tomorrow - should i bother going?

TIA

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Hi, my 4 YO had just had her pre school booster, and I was told the HIB was in with that. I was told she would need nothing else until shes 10.

Sorry not much help.

that is quite helpful sarah - at least it means it is feasible that this necessary and not a computer error.

I would still be interested to hear if anyone else's 4 year old had this though

is it the catch up programme of prevenar? i'm expecting my 3 year old to get 'called up' any time soon for that

I found it on internet in the end - yes it is a catch up programme and monday was the first day of it. DD was gutted!!