Vaccinations in pregnancy
All pregnant women booked to deliver their baby with Northumbria Healthcare are offered their recommended pregnancy vaccinations at their routine ultrasound scan appointments and at our regular drop in sessions.
These include:
- Seasonal flu (Sept – March)
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
- RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
More information on recommended vaccinations in pregnancy can be found at the below links:
Seasonal flu
Pertussis (whooping cough)
RSV vaccination
Family Hub drop in Clinics
Come along to your local Family Hub and receive any of your pregnancy vaccinations.
Every week, starting from Monday 21 September 2026 until end March 2027
Monday
09:30am - 12:00pm, Ashington Family Hub, Alexandra Road, Ashington
Tuesday
09:30am - 12:00pm, Oxford Centre, West Farm Avenue Longbenton
Blyth Health Centre, Thoroton Street, Blyth
01:00pm - 04:00pm, Wallsend Health Centre, The Green, Wallsend
Wednesday
09:30am – 12:00pm, Ashington Family Hub, Alexandra Road, Ashington
01:00pm - 04:00pm, Shiremoor Family Hub, Bridge Terrace, Shiremoor
Thursday
09:30am – 12:00pm, Bedlington Family Hub, Stead Lane, Bedlington
Friday
09:30am – 12:00pm, Blyth Health Centre, Thoroton Street, Blyth
02:00pm – 04:00pm, Cramlington Health Centre, Forum Way, Cramlington
Can't make these sessions?
Drop in every Tuesday or Friday at North Tyneside General Hospital or Wansbeck General Hospital Antenatal Clinic, 09:00am - 03:00pm.
Pregnancy vaccination sessions
Vaccines are available in the Antenatal Clinics at North Tyneside and Wansbeck Hospitals, Monday - Friday 09:00 - 16:00. You will be offered your vaccinations during your routine clinic antenatal clinic appointment.
If you see your Midwife in one of our Midwifery Led Units, you will be offered your vaccination there. Please speak to your midwife for more information.
For more information on vaccination appointments, please call our dedicated vaccination team on:
You can also drop in to North Tyneside General Hospital Antenatal Clinics every Tuesday and Friday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm for your vaccines - no appointment needed.
Flu vaccination
Seasonal influenza vaccination is available from September to March and is recommended for all pregnant women, at any gestation of pregnancy.
Being pregnant can put you at risk of being seriously ill if you get flu. Getting the vaccine helps keep you and your baby safe and helps protect your baby for the first few months after they are born.
Watch some short videos below from Helen and Ridhi about why they choose to get vaccinated to protect themselves and their baby.
Our maternity vaccinator, Brooke, explains in a short video the importance of getting vaccinated during pregnancy.
RSV vaccination
What is it?
During your pregnancy, you will be offered a free RSV vaccination from 28 weeks onwards. RSV is a common virus that can make young babies seriously unwell, particularly in the first few months of life.
How will it protect my baby?
Having the vaccine during pregnancy helps protect your baby after birth. The vaccine helps your body make protective antibodies, which pass to your baby through the placenta before they are born.
Studies from England show the vaccine reduces hospital admissions in babies with RSV by more than 80%. Since the vaccination programme began, intensive care admissions for babies with severe RSV infection have fallen by around 50%
Is it safe?
The vaccine has been studied in clinical trials of almost 4,000 women and been given to many thousands of women in national programmes.
Monitoring in the USA, where it has been given to over 300,000 women, has shown a good safety profile. The vaccine has been approved by medicines regulators in the UK, Europe and USA on the basis of protection, quality and safety. For more information: Why vaccination is important and the safest way to protect yourself - NHS
Pertussis vaccination (whooping cough)
During your pregnancy, you will be offered a free whooping cough vaccination from 16 weeks onwards.
Whooping cough can make young babies seriously unwell. Having the vaccine during pregnancy helps protect your baby from birth until they can have their own vaccinations at 8 weeks old.
Studies in England show that vaccination during pregnancy provides around 90% protection against whooping cough in young babies.
Postnatal MMR vaccination
Measles cases are rising again in the UK. Many children and adults are catching measles because not enough people are fully vaccinated. To stop measles spreading, it’s important that everyone who can be protected, is protected.
- It is a live vaccine, so it is not given during pregnancy, but it is safe to have after your baby is born, even if you are breastfeeding.
- This vaccine protects you and helps protect future pregnancies from rubella infection in pregnancy can cause serious birth defects (congenital rubella syndrome).
You can access a postnatal MMR vaccination at any of our drop in sessions at NTGH or WGH every Friday or any of the Family Hub sessions.
2-3 year old nasal flu vaccination offer
At our Family Hub sessions, we can also offer the nasal flu vaccination to eligible 2 and 3 yr olds (your child must have turned 2 by 31st August 2026). Drop in to any of the sessions to access the vaccination.
- The child flu vaccine reduces your child’s chance of needing hospital care for flu by around two thirds.
- Vaccinating your child helps protect them from flu and prevent it spreading among vulnerable family and friends
- The child flu vaccine is given as a quick and painless spray up the nose.