Meningitis B vaccination.

Patients making enquiries as to whether they have received the Men B vaccination:

• We can confirm that no one born before 2015 will have been vaccinated by the NHS for Men B vaccination. It has not been part of earlier NHS vaccination programmes.
• Children born after 2015, who have followed the full child immunisation pathway, will have received Men B.
• Children aged 14 are offered MenACWY at school - it is NOT Men B. 
• Some private providers may offer meningitis B but currenlty there is a national shortage .

What’s happening?

• There is a meningococcal disease outbreak in Kent.
• UKHSA is working to contain the outbreak and is giving prophylaxis antibiotics to close contacts.
• No new advice has been issued about accessing the Meningitis B vaccine, known as MenB, for the wider public.

Keep upto date with the vaccination programme https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/nhs-vaccinations-and-when-to-have-them/