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Health bosses remind parents to take children for their essential vaccinations

Health bosses across Herefordshire and Worcestershire remind parents to take their children for routine vaccinations which protect against serious and potentially deadly illnesses.

While coronavirus has put limitations on all our lives, it is important that you or your baby or child still have routine vaccinations. Essential, routine vaccinations like the MMR jab can save a child’s life and are available through family doctors by contacting your usual GP surgery.

As long as those attending appointments, including parents of babies or children, do not have symptoms of Covid-19 or are not self-isolating because someone in the household is displaying symptoms, all scheduled vaccinations should go ahead as normal and can be booked by ringing your GP Practice.

Dr Ian Tait, Chair of NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group said: “Children should continue to go to their routine vaccination appointments when they are invited by their GP.

“While GP Practices are taking measures to protect people from Covid-19, they are also working hard to ensure that people including babies, children and pregnant women still receive their routine vaccinations - they provide essential protection against potentially life-threatening diseases.”

High vaccine uptake can prevent a resurgence of infections, which can cause harm and put unnecessary added pressure on the NHS.

Karen Wright, Herefordshire’s Director for Public Health said: “Vaccines help protect all of us from preventable outbreaks of infectious diseases.

“The national immunisation programme remains in place to protect the nation’s health and no one should be in any doubt of the devastating impact of diseases such as measles, meningitis and pneumonia.

“During this time, it is important to maintain the best possible vaccine uptake to prevent a resurgence of these infections."

If you are identified as clinically extremely vulnerable and have been shielding, please contact your GP practice for the latest advice on what to do.

A full list of vaccinations and when they are available, for children and adults, is accessible through the NHS website.

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