The clinics will see doctors join immunisation teams in community based clinics to ensure any emerging concerns are identified and managed as early as possible. The doctors will carry out the child's six to eight week health check at the same time as they receive their eight week routine vaccine.
The health check is a screening that will check your baby’s hips, heart, eyes and - for boys – testicles. It is important to have this check to manage any concern at an early age. If your baby is older than eight weeks and they haven’t had this check, we can still see them at one of our catch-up sessions.
From the 21st May, all babies born at the start of the lockdown period will also have the opportunity to have their hearing checked at the eight week vaccine appointment. Specialist staff from the audiology department will carry out these checks.
Vaccines for babies and young children are important medical reasons to leave home and our immunisation team continues to deliver routine vaccines for babies at eight, twelve and 16 weeks, and at one year - with booster vaccines for children at around three years and four months. It is important that we keep vaccination rates as high as possible or we may see children becoming ill with diseases such as whooping cough and measles.
If you have any questions or need more information, you can get in touch with the immunisation team:
Phone: 01383 565456 / Text: 07900161671
fife-uhb.immunisationqueries@nhs.net.
