Vaccinations available within Lothian Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Summary table of vaccines available and who is eligible:
| Vaccine | Who can get the vaccine | How many doses |
| Hepatitis A/B | Gay men, bi men, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM); people – including trans women and non-binary people – who have sex with GBMSM; those involved in prostitution or transactional sex; people living with HIV; people who inject drugs. | 3 doses are required at 0, 1 and 6 months |
| HPV | GBMSM, up to age 45; people – including trans women and non-binary people – who have sex with GBMSM, up to age 45; those involved in prostitution or transactional sex; people living with HIV. | Under 25 – 1 dose 25-45 – 2 doses (0 and 6 months) People living with HIV – 3 doses (0, 1 and 6 months) |
| Mpox | GBMSM; people – including trans women and non-binary people – who have sex with GBMSM; people who engage in group sex or either visit or work at sex-on-premises venues. | 2 doses, at least 28 days apart |
| MenB (gonorrhoea) | GBMSM; people – including trans women and non-binary people – who have sex with GBMSM; those involved in prostitution or transactional sex. | 2 doses, at least 28 days apart |
Hepatitis A/B vaccine
This vaccine protects against hepatitis A and B, infections that can be passed on through sexual contact and sharing injecting equipment such as needles and syringes.
Who can get the vaccine?
Gay men, bi men, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM); people – including trans women and non-binary people – who have sex with GBMSM; those involved in prostitution or transactional sex; people living with HIV; people who inject drugs.
How many doses?
The hepatitis A and B vaccines can be given separately or combined. When given combined 3 doses are required at 0, 1 and 6 months.
People living with HIV require double doses.
You can find more information on hepatitis A and the hepatitis A vaccine on the NHS hepatitis A information page.
You can find more information about hepatitis B and the hepatitis B vaccine on the NHS hepatitis B vaccine information page.
HPV Vaccine
The HPV vaccine protects against strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is passed on through skin-to-skin contact. HPV is an infection that can cause genital warts and genital cancers.
Who can get the vaccine?
Gay men, bi men, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), up to age 45; people – including trans women and non-binary people – who have sex with GBMSM, up to age 45; those involved in prostitution or transactional sex; people living with HIV.
How many doses?
- Under 25 years old – 1 dose
- 25 – 45 years old – 2 doses given at least 6 months apart
- People living with HIV – 3 doses. The second dose is given 1 month after the initial dose. The third dose is given 3 months after the second dose.
We are unable to offer the HPV vaccination to heterosexual people who missed the vaccine at school or come from a country where it is not offered.
You can find out more about the HPV vaccine on the NHS HPV Vaccination page.
MPOX Vaccine
This is the same as the vaccine that protects against smallpox, but has also been discovered to protect against MPOX, formerly known as monkeypox.
Who can get the vaccine?
Gay men, bi men, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM); people – including trans women and non-binary people – who have sex with GBMSM; people who engage in group sex or either visit or work at sex-on-premises venues.
How many doses?
2 doses, at least 28 days apart
You can find out more about Mpox and the vaccination on the NHS NHS Mpox Information page.
MenB Vaccine
This vaccine protects against the bacteria called meningococcal B, but studies have suggested that it can also provide some protection against gonorrhoea.
Who can get the vaccine?
Gay men, bi men, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM); people – including trans women and non-binary people – who have sex with GBMSM; those involved in prostitution or transactional sex.
How many doses?
2 doses, at least 28 days apart
You can find out more about the MenB vaccine for gonorrhoea here on the NHS inform MenB vaccination page.