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PL CMO (1996)6: Change to the routine pre-school booster immunisation programme

  • Document type:
    Professional Letter - Chief Medical Officer
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    16 July 1996
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    1996
  • Series number:
    PL CMO (1996)6; equivalent to
  • Pages:
    4
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

The purpose of this letter is to tell you that, with effect from October 1996, a second dose of Measles/Mumps/Rubella vaccine (MMR) is to be added to the routine immunisation programme. It is to be given at the same time as the pre-school Diphtheria/Tetanus and Polio vaccine boosters. In addition, a catch-up immunisation programme for MMR is also to commence from that date. These immunisations will, in the main, be delivered by General Practitioners. Equivalent to PL CNO (96)3; PL CPhO (96)1

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