Apparently they are doing both Hep B and A now. Just noticed this when I took my daughter into her doctor this past week.....

They allowed me to write out our own proof of shots from the red book and what I could remember for me and my hubby for our GC application Then my Dr. just signed it!
The school just wanted a signed (by me) form.

I didn't know about the Hep ones. My doctor just said to come and have it done, he never mention that it was a course of them, he said they don't even have to order them as they always have stock in the fridge. I don't know if I have to pay or not. We are going tomorrow to get them done so we'll see what the nurse says.
And for the chicken pox, the school website just says as long as I write a note saying that she's had them it will be fine. I can also show them a picture pf her cover in them if they like

I need to get my jabs this month.. I just have to fill out a form saying the DD/MM/YY I got them.. so technically I could just lie and say I have them when I dont.. but whats the point when its free over here God knows if they have my original injection records for when I was a toddler though

re: the red book. What i did was take my red books to my kids new doctor in the US when he did their examinations. He transcribed the UK jabs onto his own records - and also arranged for any missing ones. Then when the time came for me to take proof to the school - i just asked for a copy of the NEW US doctors records and that worked perfectly as it had it all on one place in a format the school were happy to deal with. Here in Ohio we have to get an annual form of vaccinations for any kind of child care (ie preschool) so this has worked for me lots of times.

I got a printout from our UK GP. I'd go back to the GP and ask the practice manager or someone to get a printout. It's all in the system.

I assumed the children's US doctor's practice would enter all the shots they'd had into their own system, but they didn't - they just photocopied the UK printouts.

i had a printout but the doctors here wouldt use it because it simply stated my or the kids names and a list of the jabs. They wanted it on headed paper or stamped with an offical stamp or something so it wasnt just something i knocked up in wordperfect (which it did look like lol).

so if you go that way get it printed on headed paper or get the to stamp and sign/date it

I can empathise with this, having just moved from London to Washington DC. The deabreaker for us is that the pre-school requires proof of numerous things. I requested a signed/stamped statement of injections from my UK GP be faxed to our new paediatric doctor and that was OK.

Generally, you'll find that children have much more shots here than in the UK and much earlier...also for seemingly odd things...my daughter (3) had to have a lead test..!

My kids' coop preschool also required proof of injections. I carefully provided it then asked what would be done with it. The person dealing with it said: 'Oh I have no idea what any of it means, we'll just stick it in a folder and tick a box to say we've done it.'