Isle of Man vaccination programme

Manx Care is running a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine catch-up programme for:

  • All children aged 12 months to five years if they have not received a first or second dose of the MMR vaccine - you can check this information in your child’s Red Book

  • Children and young people aged six years to 25 years who have missed their MMR vaccine

Find out more - Manx Care and Public Health launch catch-up campaign for missed MMR

Quicklinks

Immunisation Schedules

Routine childhood immunisation schedule (PDF)
September 2023

Also visit: NHS vaccinations and when to have them (nhs.uk)

Vaccines given to babies, children and young people

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

Premature babies

Childhood immunisation: quick guide for parents of premature babies (PDF)
13 December 2019

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.

Babies up to 13 month of age

Immunisations: A guide to immunisation for babies up to 13 months of age
January 2024

Babies up to 13 months old
AgeVaccines
8 weeks
12 weeks
16 weeks
1 year

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.

For further guidance visit:

NHS vaccinations and when to have them (nhs.uk)

Vaccinations & Immunisations | Baby | Start4Life (nhs.uk)

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 2 to 15 years

Pre-school children: From 2 years until starting primary school

A guide to immunisation for pre-school
January 2024

Young people: School years 7 to 13

Immunisations for young people (PDF)
January 2024

Children aged 2 to 15
AgeVaccines
2 to 16 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

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).

Vaccines given to adults

Adults
AgeVaccines
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)

Visit: Isle of Man Shingles Vaccination Programme

Pregnancy

Recommended vaccinations

Pregnant women should have the:

Also see: Vaccinations in pregnancy (nhs.uk) and Keeping well in pregnancy (nhs.uk).

Vaccines given to people at-risk

BCG (TB) vaccine

Hepatitis B vaccine

Chickenpox vaccine

COVID-19

Patient Information Leaflets (PILs)

For babies and up to 13 months

For pre-school – 2 to 5 years

For young people – years 7 to 13

Reporting side effects

You can report any suspected side effects of vaccines and medicines through the Yellow Card scheme online; by calling 0800 731 6789; or registering and downloading the Yellow Card app.

MHRA regular reports

The MHRA Weekly report covering adverse reactions to approved COVID-19 vaccines are published regularly.

Supporting information

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

Use of human and animal products in vaccines (gov.uk)
13 March 2023 

Splenectomy: leaflet and card (gov.uk)

9 March 2022 

UK Vaccine Update Newsletters 

Latest news and subscription opt-in link (gov.uk)

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)

About JCVI and latest minutes (gov.uk)

Green Book

Green BooK Chapters (gov.uk)

Patient Group Directions (PGDs)

Isle of Man PGDs

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 2022 (gov.uk)

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.

The Isle of Man Immunisation Committee has adapted the information supplied by JCVI and UK Health Security Agency 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 March 2024