Paediatric BCG immunisation service

Paediatric BCG team Lead
Sarah Solomon-Ayeh
Email: sarah.solomon-ayeh@nelft.nhs.uk

We are a team of nurses, support and admin staff based at the Child and Family Centre in Barking, offering the BCG to vaccination for the four London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge & Waltham Forest.

For Clinicians

Neonatal BCG vaccinations are offered to infants from up to the age of 1 year, for infants living within Barking & Dagenham & Havering as a targeted service to those babies who fit the criteria set out by NHS England. The babies will be risk assessed by GPs, health visitors and the Immunisation nurses and then referred to the BCG team.

The team offers a universal service to the residents of Redbridge borough as the borough is deemed by Public Health England to be a high risk borough.

Patient information

Child and Family Centre
79 Axe Street
Barking
Essex
IG11 7LZ

Tel: 0300 300 1694
Email: PaediatricBCGImmunisations@nelft.nhs.uk

Referral information

For Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Waltham Forest boroughs, a targeted service is offered and a referral has to be made by GPs, health visitors and midwives after a risk assessment has been made by them. For Redbridge, a universal service is offered to all resident babies.