Vaccines
NHS Scotland provides a number of vaccinations for people at different stages in their life. Find out about these vaccines, and the diseases they protect against.
BCG vaccine
Helps to protect your baby against tuberculosis (TB)
Child flu vaccine
Information about the child flu vaccine
Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine
Helps to reduce your risk of developing coronavirus and makes your symptoms milder if you catch the virus
Flu vaccine
Information about the flu vaccine
Hepatitis B vaccine
Helps to protect your baby against hepatitis B
Hib/MenC vaccine
Helps to protect your baby against 2 causes of meningitis and septicaemia
HPV vaccine
Helps to protect against head and neck, cervical and anogenital cancers
HPV vaccine for men who have sex with men (MSM)
Helps to protect men who have sex with men (MSM) against cancer and genital warts caused by HPV
Meningitis ACWY (MenACWY) vaccine
Helps to protect your child against meningitis and septicaemia (blood poisoning)
Meningitis B (MenB) vaccine
Helps to protect your baby against meningitis and septicaemia (blood poisoning)
MMR vaccine
Helps to protect your baby against measles, mumps and rubella
Pneumococcal vaccine
Help to protect against meningitis caused by pneumococcal bacteria
Pneumococcal vaccine for babies
Helps to protect your baby against meningitis caused by pneumococcal bacteria
Rotavirus vaccine
Helps to protect your baby against rotavirus
Shingles vaccine
Helps to protect people over the age of 70 against shingles (herpes zoster)
Td/IPV vaccine
Helps to protect your child against tetanus, diphtheria and polio
The 4-in-1 vaccine
Helps protect against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio
The 6-in-1 vaccine
Helps to protect your baby against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and hepatitis B
Vaccination to help protect against monkeypox
Information about vaccination to help protect against monkeypox
Whooping cough vaccine
Helps to protect your baby against whooping cough (pertussis)