For Your Family

A report in the British Journal of General Practice estimates that 7000 lives would be saved each year in the UK, if children over six months and under five years of age were routinely vaccinated against flu.

This is now normal practice in many other countries. The UK Department of Health is still evaluating the case for offering this on the NHS. In the meantime, our service offers flu vaccination for kids as a simple, low cost option in the private sector.

We do this on a drop-in basis, so you don't need to book or phone in advance. One of the commonest questions people ask is how/why we can do this when pharmacies and other practices do not: all our vaccines are administered by doctors or nurses experienced in vaccinating children - not by pharmacists or other health professionals.

A limited number of home visits may be possible in the London area, for families not able to attend the Clinic in person. Please send us an email with your details.

Children over the age of six months may receive flu vaccine (though from ages 6 to 35 months it is given at a reduced dose).

For children under the age of 13 years, who have not been vaccinated previously, or who have never before been ill with flu, a second dose four weeks later is advised for full protection.