MenB Vaccine
The Meningitis B (MenB) vaccine is currently available through both the routine NHS childhood immunisation programme and a special, free one-off NHS summer vaccination campaign for eligible young adults. It is also privately avaiable at local travel clinics and pharmacies in the Bristol, North Somerset and Souih Gloucestershire area.
A limited-time, two-dose NHS MenB programme is running to protect young people heading to university or further education where the risk of transmission in halls is higher.
Service opens on 13 July 2026
Online booking will be available from Monday 13 July 2026 for people born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008.
Find a pharmacy walk-in service
You can get a walk-in MenB vaccine at a pharmacy if you were born on or after 21 July 2001, and for the first time this autumn you are:
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starting university
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starting at some further education colleges as a residential student
International students and students from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and those who are travelling abroad to study are also eligible.
You do not need to be registered with a GP surgery to use the walk-in service.
Links below with further information:
https://www.meningitis.org/about-meningitis/vaccines/meningococcal-vaccines/menb-vaccines/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=7840875526&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkqqxh9fFlQMV-plQBh3y1TZLEAAYASAEEgIN3vD_BwEhttps://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/vaccination-and-booking-services/book-a-menb-vaccination-appointment/