LCHS Child Health Records
LCHS Child Health Records Department is responsible for ensuring there is a health record on the system for every child aged 0-19 years, who is registered with a Lincolnshire GP, resident at a Lincolnshire County Council local authority address or schooled in a Lincolnshire Education Authority School.
The primary function of the service is to provide a comprehensive local record of a child’s health status ensuring each child has an accurate active record supporting delivery of public health interventions including:
- Screening
- Childhood and adolescent immunisations
- The Healthy Child Programme
When |
Diseases protected against |
Vaccine given |
| 8 weeks old | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and hepatitis B | DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB |
| Meningococcal group B (MenB) | MenB | |
| Rotavirus gastroenteritis | Rotavirus | |
| 12 weeks old | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib and hepatitis B | DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB |
| Pneumococcal (13 serotypes) | PCV | |
| Rotavirus | Rotavirus | |
| 16 weeks old | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib and hepatitis B | DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB |
| MenB | MenB | |
| 1 years old (on or after the child’s first birthday) | Hib and Meningococcal group C (MenC) | Hib/MenC |
| Pneumococcal | PCV booster | |
| Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles) | MMR | |
| MenB | MenB booster | |
| Eligible paediatric age group | Influenza (each year from September) | Live attenuated influenza vaccine LAIV |
| 3 years 4 months old or soon after | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio | dTaP/IPV |
| Measles, mumps and rubella | MMR Dose 2 | |
| Boys and girls aged 12 to 13 years | Cancers and genital warts caused by specific human papillomavirus (HPV) types | HPV (2 doses 6 to 24 months apart) |
| 14 years old (school Year 9) | Tetanus, diphtheria and polio | Td/IPV |
| Meningococcal groups A, C, W and Y | MenACWY |