Vaccinations advice
Immunisation is a way of protecting your child against serious
disease. Once children have been immunised their bodies can fight
those diseases if they come into contact with them.
If a child is not immunised they will be at risk from catching
the disease and will rely on other people immunising their children
to avoid becoming infected.
There will always be some children who are left unprotected
because:
- they can not be immunised for medical reasons
- they are too young to be immunised
- they cannot get to the vaccine services
- for a few, the vaccine doesn’t work.