One-Stop Maternal Vaccination Service

Vaccinations are important as they protect your baby when they are at their most vulnerable.

The following vaccinations are offered:

  • Whooping cough – given from 16 weeks and up to two months after birth (postnatal) all year round.
  • RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), which causes coughs, colds and bronchiolitis – given from 28 weeks up until birth, all year round.
  • Flu – can be given anytime during pregnancy up until birth, from 1 September to 31 March.

These vaccinations are inactivated, meaning they do not contain a live version of the virus it is protecting against, and cannot cause disease. None of our vaccines contain gelatine, pork or egg-derived ingredients*.

Vaccination Clinics

We offer a number of walk-in clinics across Birmingham and Sandwell, which are staffed by our nurses.

These are at the following hospitals within the antenatal clinic areas:

  • Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham B15 2TG
  • Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green, Birmingham B9 5SS
  • Solihull Hospital, Lode Lane, Solihull, B91 2JL
  • Good Hope Hospital, Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7RR
  • Sandwell Antenatal Clinic, Hallam Street, West Bromwich B71 4HJ
  • Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Grove Lane, Smethwick B66 2QT 

Opening times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm**.

These vaccines offer full protection after two weeks; if you are exposed before then, you will not be fully protected.​

For more information about the clinics, please call your local Antenatal Clinic or email bwc.maternalvaxservice@nhs.net

*a very small number of women with severe latex allergy will be offered an alternative whooping cough vaccine, which may contain trace bovine serum albumin. Our staff will be able to answer any questions you might have and signpost other options.

**some local variations due to clinic opening hours apply.