Vaccinations

[Tiziana0773]

Hi everyone,
we mouved to london few months ago.

I would like to know if vaccines are compulsory in England.

I received a letter from the school for my consent to: the diphteheria, tetanus, polio and meningococcal ACWY.

I don't know what to do

Can you explain to me what are the rules for vaccines?

Thanks for any information

Why don't you know what to do?

Does your child have a problem (e.g. allergies) with vaccinations?

Sadly they are not legally enforced.

Get them done.

Not the are not enforced but if you don’t get them there is a risk that your child may die.

As far as I’m aware not legally enforced.

But some nurseries won’t take unvaccinated kids. Ours won’t. We had to provide vaccination records.

No, they aren't compulsory. But unless your child has a genuine medical issue (such as immuno-suppression) which would exempt them anyway, you'd be a fool not to protect them. I don't understand the question.

thanks all for the informations

They are not compulsory, but strongly encouraged. They are free for nhs patients. Chickenpox is not on the standard vaccination schedule here but you can have it privately. The BCG vaccination is no longer universal but only offered in high risk areas.

Do them. The school is asking for a reason - to keep your and other children safe.

For meningitis, have a look here. the charity Meningitis Now are good & give great advice on this stuff. Link below.

www.meningitisnow.org/meningitis-explained/what-is-meningitis/meningitis-vaccines/

Not a legal requirement, but common sense dictates that you have your child vaccinated against diseases that could kill them.
Get them done. Keep your kid safe. Keep the people who have genuine medical reasons for not being vaccinated safe.

Do you have an health visitor/ specialist nurse at your GP’s practice? They can give you all of the information, in various translations.

Not compulsory (should be). vaccinate, please. Extremely irresponsible not to.

wow the rudeness of some posters here...

“Pigletin

wow the rudeness of some posters here..”

Really? With one possible exception (you know who you are 😁), most are just providing facts for an insure OP in need of them.

OP, the letter rates to vaccinations which are given to older children in school. However, some of these are boosters for vaccinations children would have had at an earlier age. Vaccinations vary from country to country, so the best thing to do is to contact your family doctor and compare your child's vaccination record with the vaccines given in the UK. We had to do this when we moved abroad to ensure our kids were covered for everything they needed to be. Where we live now for example vaccinates against a different Hepatitis strain for example.

rudeness would be saying if you don't vaccinate against fatal diseases then you're an absolute idiot and should be prosecuted for child neglect.

Lemoneeza Rude, yes. But I’d go as far to say that many people would agree with that statement anyway. I would.

JRMisOdious it is most likely that one possible exception that crossed the line for me. And I do find it very rude to say such things when the OP is just seeking advice.

Sounds like the vaccinations they get at around age 14. Has your child had other vaccinations? They are not compulsory but its recommended to get them.

Pigletin

I’ve been mostly pleasantly surprised on Mumsnet. I’ve never done social media: I signed up to this site when it was brand new and shiny and my kids were little, was horrified at what I saw, signed off and have only just looked again decades later. It’s a much nicer, more polite place than it used to be, which really surprised me given all of the negative stuff we hear.
I think this subject is particularly emotive on both sides so while I tend to agree with your point generally, I don’t think the odd heated response is all that surprising viz this topic and given how dangerous some of the misinformation is can probably be excused.

Still not tempted on to any other social media sites though!

Have a nice day

To be fair to the OP, we don't know where (s)he has moved from and what the system of vaccinations is there.

They may not know what the vaccines are if English is not their first language (we spent ages trying to match our vaccine records to the German requirements as some are grouped differently and have different names) so it may be a bit intimidating and confusing.

JRMisOdious I suppose I should put on my thick skin when I open such posts. I just think people generally never dare to be this rude in face to face interactions. We do sometimes forget that there is a real person behind every topic and this level of rudeness is just not warranted.
Have a lovely day too.

thanks

thanks all

Your last thread was about research into vaccine alternatives. There aren't any.