Should I arrange the second chickenpox jab privately before age three?

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My DS had the chickenpox jab at his 18 month vaccines but his second jab won't be until his next jabs which are age 3 and a bit.
Some of my friends' kids had chickenpox recently and we've obviously successfully avoided it. But I'm wondering if I should see if I could pay privately for the second jab so the gap isn't as long.
I don't know if you even can get just the top up privately or how much protection he has from the first dose.
I just know I had a really bad dose of chickenpox as a kid and want to reduce the chances of that for him.

I arranged for my son to have the jab privately at 2.5 as it was going round nursery, I think he had the 2 doses a month apart though?

He has now also had it in his pre-school booster jabs, but the nurse said it was fine to have this additional dose. Maybe speak to your GP for advice?

The first dose offers a lot of protection, about 85% and pretty much 100% against severe CP. I believe other countries who have it as routine follow a similar scheduling. The month apart thing is practical to offer privately but not really on a widespread scale.