{"id":5683,"date":"2026-10-29T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/?page_id=5683"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:01:13","slug":"vaccinations-and-immunisation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/healthy-adults\/preventing-illness-and-protecting-health\/vaccinations-and-immunisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccinations and immunisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaccination is one of the safest and most effective ways to protect yourself and those around you from serious diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many diseases that were once common can now be prevented through vaccination, and we now see these diseases less often by keeping good levels of vaccination in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keeping vaccinations up to date helps protect you, your family and people in your community who may be more vulnerable to infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaccines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>help prevent serious illness and complications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reduce the spread of infectious diseases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>protect people who cannot be vaccinated themselves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>are extensively tested for safety and effectiveness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>continue to save millions of lives worldwide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even healthy people can become seriously ill from some infections. Keeping vaccinations up to date provides the best protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some destinations also require specific travel vaccinations before you travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find out more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Devon, school aged vaccinations are delivered by Kernow Health CiC and information will be shared around when these are due and being offered via your child\u2019s school. <a href=\"https:\/\/kernowhealthcic.org.uk\/primary-care-services\/school-age-immunisation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">More information on school aged vaccinations<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/vaccinations\/nhs-vaccinations-and-when-to-have-them\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS vaccination schedule<\/a> &#8211; find out which vaccines are offered at different ages and stages of life and where these will be given.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-services\/vaccination-and-booking-services\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Book a vaccination<\/a> &#8211; information on arranging recommended vaccinations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaccination is one of the safest and most effective ways to protect yourself and those around you from serious diseases. Many diseases that were once common can now be prevented through vaccination, and we now see these diseases less often by keeping good levels of vaccination in the community. Keeping vaccinations up to date helps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":5677,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5683"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5833,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5683\/revisions\/5833"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}