No, it's not combined, they are separate but it does run under the same school vaccination program. They do it for year 7 students. DS1 had four consent forms - DTp, Varicella, HPV (Cervical cancer vaccine) and Hep B. There is no MMR at that age but they will give girls a booster at 15. They are four separate vaccinations. We declined them for DS. But he didn't need the varicella one anyway because he's already had that one. IN a few years I don't think they will do the varicella because by then, all children will have had it as part of their schedule anyway. Most kids of his age group wouldn't have had it because it was still voluntary to get it.
I have just attended our local school as an immunisation nurse. We gave Varilix, HPV and boostrix. 3 separate sites for the kids that's parents consented. The term before we gave the 1st dose of HPV and Hep B. Next term the kids will have the 2nd dose of Hep B (even those who had 4 as babies) and the final dose of HPV.
I didn't consent to Varilix for my DD who is in year 7 but I did for the others. I would consent to myself and children personally to HPV before Boostrix but that's just me. There is such a huge rate of young girls with HPV which can lead to cervical cancer even in young women prior to finishing their families. I'd also consent to having my son vaccinated against HPV. A huge percentage of women go on to have cone biopsies of their cervix which can cause problems conceiving and birthing so for me vaccinating against HPV is important but I respect others choices as to not consenting to it.
The main reason I'm really unsure about it Mildez, is because I heard of so, so many stories of severe side affects. SIL had it done in high school & more than half her grade of over 100 kids had some kind of side affect. Including a couple that had trouble with feeling in their legs.
I think I'll be doing some research on these ones & go from there. There's plenty of debate about baby vaccines & pro's & con's, but I don't know all that much about older kids shots.
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