The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) has recommended changes to the Primary Childhood Immunisation Schedule for babies born on or after 1st of October 2024.
The changes are as follows:
- removal of Men C at the 6-month visit,
- addition of Varicella vaccine at the 12-month visit
- removal of Hib/MenC at the 13-month visit, with the addition of a Men C dose and a 6 in 1 (DTaP/IPV/Hib/Hep B) dose at this visit
Further details of NIAC recommendations can be found at: https://rcpi.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_1841509f-a674-498b-9bc9-0fe15df3d091/
The National Immunisation Office is working with partners towards implementation of these changes, pending agreement. Agreement will be required with GPs to implement changes to the programme.
