Dear parent or carer,
Your year 9 child’s teenage vaccinations are now due.
This includes two single injections:
- The 3-in-1 teenage booster (Td/IPV)
- Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY)
Along with these vaccines, your child can receive the following vaccination, if they are missing one or both doses:
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine (MMR)
The 3-in-1 teenage booster protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and polio. It boosts the protection that your child should have received in their 6-in-1 vaccine (aged 8, 12, and 16 weeks) and the pre-school booster (aged 3 years 4 months).
The Meningococcal ACWY vaccine provides protection against four strains of bacterial meningitis. Proof of this immunisation is often required by colleges, universities, and other higher educational facilities before enrolling.
Your child should have received two doses of the MMR vaccine (at aged 1 and 3 years 4 months). This will be recorded on their GP record, or in their Red Book. If you believe your child is missing one, or both doses, they can catch-up alongside their other teenage vaccinations.
If you would like further information on these vaccinations, please visit the NHS website: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations. Alternatively, leaflets can be collected from your child’s school.
Please discuss these vaccines with your child, and use the link provided to access and complete the electronic consent form:
https://cypcis.kingstonandrichmond.nhs.uk/dtp/2025/greenwich
The Greenwich Immunisation Team will visit your child’s school on Wednesday 4th February 2026
Please ensure you complete the consent form, even if you choose not to vaccinate your child this year. NHS England requires that we provide numbers of parents that do not consent to their child being vaccinated. If you do not complete your consent form, you may be contacted by phone, text, or letter, to offer your child future opportunities to receive a vaccination. If you return a ‘no’ consent, we will not make any further contact this year. For more information on this, please see our privacy notice.
Gillick competency
In the absence of a signed consent form from parents, we will invite young people to self consent, providing they can demonstrate:
- an understanding of the vaccinations due;
- the benefits of vaccination compared to being unvaccinated;
- the potential side effects of vaccination.
This is done on a case-by-case basis – ultimately, the decision to consent is the young person’s choice. This is in line with the Gillick Guideline Competence. You can learn more about being Gillick competent on the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/tests-andtreatments/consent-to-treatment/children/
We have included some frequently asked questions about the 3-in-1 teenage booster, MenACWY vaccine and the MMR vaccine below.
If you have any queries, please contact your Immunisation team:
- Tel: 0203 9033345
- HRCH.Greenwichimms@nhs.net
Yours sincerely,
Greenwich Immunisation Team
