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The UK baby vaccine schedule for babies born from 2025
Updated 28 October 2026
The NHS offers babies and young children their routine vaccines free of charge. The schedule changed for babies born on or after 1 January 2025: chickenpox protection is now part of the routine programme, in the MMRV vaccine, and there's a new appointment at 18 months. This is the schedule for those babies.
The schedule
| Age | Vaccines |
|---|---|
| 8 weeks | 6-in-1 (1st dose) · MenB (1st dose) · Rotavirus (1st dose) |
| 12 weeks | 6-in-1 (2nd dose) · MenB (2nd dose) · Rotavirus (2nd dose) |
| 16 weeks | 6-in-1 (3rd dose) · Pneumococcal (PCV) (1st dose) |
| 1 year | Pneumococcal (PCV) (2nd dose, booster) · MenB (3rd dose, booster) · MMRV (1st dose) |
| 18 months | 6-in-1 (4th dose) · MMRV (2nd dose) |
| 3 years 4 months | 4-in-1 pre-school booster |
Rotavirus is given as drops by mouth; the others are injections.
What each vaccine protects against
| Vaccine | Protects against |
|---|---|
| 6-in-1 (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB) | Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis), polio, Hib and hepatitis B |
| MenB | Meningococcal group B infections, a cause of meningitis |
| Rotavirus | Rotavirus, a common cause of diarrhoea and vomiting in babies |
| Pneumococcal (PCV) | Pneumococcal infections |
| MMRV | Measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (varicella) |
| 4-in-1 pre-school booster (dTaP/IPV) | Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio |
What changed for babies born from 2025
- MMRV: chickenpox (varicella) protection is added to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Babies born on or after 1 January 2025 have MMRV at 1 year and at 18 months.
- An 18-month appointment, with the 4th dose of the 6-in-1 and the 2nd MMRV dose.
- Born before 1 January 2025? Some doses at 1 year, 18 months and 3 years 4 months are different for your child. Your GP surgery will tell you which apply.
Good to know
- Bring your baby's red book (personal child health record) to each appointment, so the doses are written down.
- If a vaccine is due and you haven't heard from your GP surgery, contact them to book. If an appointment was missed, ask them about catching up.
- Not listed here: seasonal vaccines, such as the children's flu vaccine, and extra vaccines offered to babies with certain health conditions. Ask your GP or health visitor.
- Schedules change. Always go by what your GP surgery or health visitor tells you for your child.
Vaccine reminders in Palna
Palna has the routine vaccine schedules for 23 countries, including the UK. Choose the United Kingdom as your baby's country and every appointment appears with its due date, worked out from your baby's birthday, with a reminder before each one. Tick each dose as it's given, and the whole family sees it on their own phones. Vaccines outside the schedule can be added by name.
Sources
- UK Health Security Agency (GOV.UK): The complete routine immunisation schedule
- NHS: NHS vaccinations and when to have them