[northernfive]

Hi there
wonder if anyone can help answer my query - we are arriving in Wellington in September with a seven week old baby - he'll be due all of his immunisatons, here in the UK they would be done at 8, 12 and 16 weeks.....

how does it work in NZ ?

Will I just register at the Doctors and have them done there ? What weeks do they do them - is it the same as in the UK ??


Thanks for any advise!

[jackie m]

Hi
Do you PR if so you will be able to register with local doctor or medical centre they will take a copy of your passport & you will get jabs for little one as far as I know they are the same times as the UK ones. You may find there could be an extra few aswell:uhoh. Just take your baby book with you from the UK hope this helps but sure there will be others to add:o
Jackie

[jubjub]

Here is a link to the schedule, ages/what to give etc... docs surgery should be able to help, we had the nurse there do all of ours so far.

http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/f872666357c511eb4c25666d000c8888/9befb36798f2118ecc256d1e001a5f99?OpenDocument

[nippa&pippa]

Just make sure the red book from UK is full up to date and bring it with you to dr. Nurse then will check it and compare with NZ's requirement. You will find that your child will need extra jab like Men B and Hep B that not requirement in UK.
Also notice they have different set of ages for jab compare with UK. Like MMR is given later than UK.

[Familyofmonkeys]

We came over with 12 week old baby who was half way through first lot of immunisations. In some respects it has been a bit of a pain, as UK have different strain on Meningitus (B rather than A), as well as Hepititus B. If baby has not started immunisations in UK, you would probably find it easier, as it took nurses at my GP surgery a good half hour to work out the differences, and poor baby had to start again with some vaccines, meaning more trips to surgery.. Another one is prevanar (pneumonia), which although given in UK, not available in NZ until next year apparently.

Also, as some vaccinations (hep B, i think) need 6 week gap, injections are 6 weeks apart, rather than 4 weeks like UK. This means they don't finish first lot until 5 months, rather than 4 months.

[northernfive]

thanks for all the info - really helpful

Cheers!