Isle of Man vaccination programme
For the public
Immunisation Schedules
Routine childhood immunisation schedule (PDF)
10 July 2020
Complete routine immunisation schedule (PDF)
10 July 2020
Also visit: NHS vaccinations and when to have them (nhs.uk)
History of Vaccines from 1796 to 2019
Timeline showing the development and introduction of vaccines in the UK (gov.uk)
Guidance on vaccines
Vaccinations and When to have them (nhs.uk)
What to expect after vaccinations (PDF) - also available in other languages
18 December 2019
Vaccines and porcine gelatine (PDF)
10 November 2020
Use of human and animal products in vaccines (gov.uk)
15 January 2021
Splenectomy: leaflet and card (gov.uk)
28 January 2015
Vaccines given to babies, children and young people
Premature Babies
Your baby can still have their vaccinations if:
- they have a minor illness without a high temperature – such as a cold
- they have allergies, asthma, eczema or food intolerances
- they were born prematurely
Important
It's really important that premature babies still have their vaccinations from 8 weeks old. They may be at higher risk of catching infections if you wait.
It may seem very early to give a vaccination to such a tiny baby. But many scientific studies have shown that it's a good time to give them vaccines.
Childhood immunisation: quick guide for parents of premature babies (PDF)
13 December 2019
Babies and up to 1 year of age
| Babies under 1 year old | |
|---|---|
| Age | Vaccines |
| 8 weeks | |
| 12 weeks |
|
| 16 weeks |
|
Your child’s first immunisation is due at eight weeks of age. Make an appointment by contacting your GP surgery. All childhood immunisations are free.
Your baby can still have their vaccinations if:
- they have a minor illness without a high temperature – such as a cold
- they have allergies, asthma, eczema or food intolerances
- they were born prematurely
Immunisations: A guide to immunisation for babies born after 1 January 2020 (PDF)
1 June 2021
For further guidance visit:
NHS vaccinations and when to have them (nhs.uk)
Vaccinations & Immunisations | Baby | Start4Life (nhs.uk)
Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) for babies and up to 1 year
- The DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB vaccine is called Infanrix hexa - read its patient infomation leaflet.
- The Meningitis B vaccine is called Bexsero - read its patient infomation leaflet.
- The pneumococcal vaccine for infants is called Prevenar 13 - read its patient infomation leaflet.
- The rotavirus vaccine is called Rotarix - read its patient infomation leaflet.
- The Hib/MenC vaccine is called Mentorix - read its patient infomation leaflet.
- MMRVAXPRO - read its patient infomation leaflet.
- Priorix - read its patient infomation leaflet.
- The BCG vaccine is called BCG Vaccine AJV - read its patient infomation leaflet.
- Engerix - read its patient infomation leaflet.
- HBVAXPRO - read its patient infomation leaflet.
For details on the island’s Children’s and Families Health Visiting and School Nursing services visit: Isle of Man Government - Integrated Women, Children and Families Service
Children and young people 1 year to 15 years
| Children aged 1 to 15 | |
|---|---|
| Age | Vaccines |
| 1 year |
|
| 2 to 10 years | Flu vaccine (nhs.uk) (every year) Visit: gov.im/flu for local programme delivery |
| 3 years and 4 months |
|
| 12 to 13 years | HPV vaccine (nhs.uk) Visit: gov.im/hpv for local programme delivery |
| 14 years | |
Pre-school children: From 2 years until starting primary school
Pre-school vaccinations: guide to vaccinations from 2 to 5 years (PDF)
8 June 2020
Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) for pre-school – 2 to 5 years
- Infanrix IPV
- Repevax
- Priorix
- MMRVaxpro
- The nasal flu vaccine is called Fluenz tetra - read its patient information leaflet
Young people: School years 7 to 13
Immunisations for young people (PDF)
13 December 2019
Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) for young people – years 7 to 13
- The HPV vaccine is called Gardasil - read its patient information leaflet
- The teenage booster vaccine is called Revaxis - read its patient information leaflet
- Nimenrix
- MenVeo
Students attending Colleges or Universities
Any university student born on or after 1 September 1996 who was eligible but missed their teenage MenACWY vaccine can still have the vaccine up to their 25th birthday.
Students going to university or college for the first time, including overseas and mature students, who have not yet had the MenACWY vaccine remain eligible, as freshers (first-year students), up to their 25th birthday.
Students should contact their GP to have the MenACWY vaccine before starting university or college. If that's not possible, they should have it as soon as they can after they begin university.
Find out if you can have the MenACWY vaccine with the Meningitis Research Foundation's eligibility checker (meningitis.org).
For further guidance visit: MenACWY vaccine (nhs.uk)
Also see: 11 things to remember for university this year - UK Health Security Agency (blog.gov.uk)
Vaccines given to Adults
| Adults | |
|---|---|
| Age | Vaccines |
| 65 years | Pneumococcal (PPV) vaccine (nhs.uk) |
| 65 years (and every year after) | Flu vaccine (nhs.uk) Visit: gov.im/flu for local programme delivery |
| 70 years | Shingles vaccine (nhs.uk) |
Pregnancy
Recommended vaccinations
Pregnant women should have the:
- Flu vaccine - at any stage in your pregnancy to get ready for flu season
(October to March) - Whooping cough vaccine - from week 16 of each pregnancy
- Coronavirus vaccine – at any stage in your pregnancy
Also see: Vaccinations in pregnancy (nhs.uk) and Keeping well in pregnancy (nhs.uk)
Vaccines given to people at-risk
BCG (TB) vaccine
- BCG vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) overview (nhs.uk)
- BCG (TB) vaccine side effects (nhs.uk)
- BCG vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) FAQs (nhs.uk)
- Who should have the BCG (TB) vaccine? (nhs.uk)
Hepatitis B vaccine
Chickenpox vaccine
- Chickenpox vaccine overview (nhs.uk)
- Chickenpox vaccine side effects (nhs.uk)
- Chickenpox vaccine FAQs (nhs.uk)
- Who should have the chickenpox vaccine? (nhs.uk)
COVID-19
- COVID-19 Vaccination first and second dose
- Third dose of COVID-19 Vaccination for those with weakened immune systems
For more details visit: COVID-19 Vaccination programme for more details
For professionals
UK Vaccine Update Newsletters - subscription
Latest news and subscription opt-in link (gov.uk)
Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)
About JCVI and latest minutes (gov.uk)
Guidance
PHE Immunisation Inequalities Strategy (gov.uk)
About the neonatal selective immunisation - Programme for babies at risk of Hepatitis B (PDF)
About the inclusion of Hepatitis B vaccine in the Routine Infant Immunisation Programme (PDF)
For Nurses
Maintaining routine immunisation programmes during COVID-19 (guidelines.co.uk)
Vaccine Status and Comparison Tool
UK and international immunisation schedules comparison tool (gov.uk)
14 November 2019
Vaccination of individuals with uncertain or incomplete immunisation status (gov.uk)
26 August 2021
A visual guide to vaccines poster (gov.uk)
22 January 2020
Infant immunisation poster (gov.uk)
15 August 2016
Also refer to Immunisation Schedules at top of page for further guidance.
Information to support students attending colleges or universities
A MMR, MenACWY and COVID-19 vaccines communications toolkit for universities is available to download.
Also see:
- Schools COVID-19 operational guidance (gov.uk)
- Return to School toolkit (mcusercontent.com)
- Immunisations: resources for schools (gov.uk)
- A welcome return to school for students in England - Public health matters (blog.gov.uk)
Training Resources
For government employees
This course has been written in line with the national minimum training standards (gov.uk) and consisting of 7 knowledge sessions with accompanying assessments, is available for all healthcare practitioners with a role in immunisation - registration is free of charge.
Immunisation training standards for healthcare practitioners (gov.uk)
7 February 2018
E-learning immunisation resources
For non-government employees visit eLearning for Healthcare - an interactive immunisation e-learning course (e-lfh.org.uk), written in line with the national minimum training standards and consisting of 7 knowledge sessions with accompanying assessments, is available for all healthcare practitioners with a role in immunisation - registration is free of charge.
Immunology for immunisers animation (phe.org)
For further immunisation training for Flu, HPV, COVID-19 and other programmes please see separate page content on each topic.
Immunisation of pregnant woman
The immunisation of pregnant woman and neonates slidesets have been developed to support the delivery of immunisation training to health care workers providing or advising on immunisation of pregnant women:
- Background, history and attitudes towards maternal vaccination (phe.uk)
- Influenza, COVID-19 and pertussis vaccines (phe.uk)
- Selective vaccination programmes for neonateS (phe.uk)
- Pre- and post-natal viral rash illness inadvertent vaccination (phe.uk)
- Governance considerations, challenges to achieving high vaccine coverage, horizon scanning and resources (phe.uk)
- Immunisation update webinars for primary care immunisers (gov.uk)
- Pertussis (whooping cough) immunisation for pregnant women: resources and training (gov.uk)
- MenB and MenACWY programmes: advanced training slides (gov.uk)
- MenB and MenACWY programmes: video training guide (gov.uk)
- Immunisation training of healthcare support workers: national minimum standards and core curriculum (gov.uk)
Posters and Infographics
Infant immunisation poster (gov.uk)
15 August 2016
Infographic of the impact of vaccines in England and Wales (gov.uk)
1 May 2016
Vaccines throughout life: infographic (gov.uk)
9 May 2016
The impact of vaccines: infographic (gov.uk)
9 May 2016
Green Book
The Green Book multiple choice questions (gov.uk)
2 April 2020
Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
UK Immunisation patient group direction (PGD) templates (gov.uk)
Ordering Vaccines
ImmForm is a Public Health England website used to both collect data on vaccine uptake for the national immunisation programme, and provide ordering facilities for vaccines used in the national immunisation programme, and other products supplied by PHE for urgent treatments, such as immunoglobulins and antivenom for the European Adder.
There is a registration helpsheet to help you access the ImmForm website.
Attitudes survey
Regular surveys are undertaken by Public Health England to understand parental knowledge and attitudes towards the immunisation programme to inform the planning of the childhood immunisation programme.
Childhood immunisation: parental attitudes survey 2018 (gov.uk)
As the information on this programme continues to change please check regularly for updates or changes to the programme information displayed above.
Public Health Isle of Man has adapted the information supplied by JCVI and PHE for the delivery of the Isle of Man Vaccination programme and this has been sourced from Collection Immunisation - Information for immunisation practitioners and other health professionals (gov.uk).
Updated 28 September 2021
