Vaccination

(asked on 1st September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what routine immunisation programmes are (a) delivered through the National Immunisation Programme and (b) not delivered through the National Immunisation Programme; what age groups are covered by each immunisation programme; and in what year each immunisation programme was initiated.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 8th September 2014

Information relating to National Health Service immunisation programmes offered is not available by financial year. However, the immunisation programmes offered by the NHS since September 2012 can be found in the following documents, copies of which have been placed in the Library:

The complete routine immunisation schedule from summer 2014

The complete routine immunisation schedule 2013/14

The routine childhood immunisation schedule (September 2012)

Detailed information about the routine immunisation schedule and other recommended vaccines, which are not offered routinely, is contained in the document Immunisation against Infectious Diseases . This is a live scientific document which is constantly updated and can be seen at:

www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation-against-infectious-disease-the-green-book

The Health and Social Care Information Centre publishes an annual report entitled NHS Immunisation Statistics which provides data on uptake of routine childhood immunisations, targeted routine childhood immunisations and seasonal influenza immunisation for those aged 65 years or over. Copies of the reports for 2011-12 and 2012-13 have been placed in the Library. The report for 2013-14 will be published later this month.

Public Health England and the Health Protection Agency have published data on the uptake of immunisation against seasonal influenza and human papillomavirus disease. Copies of available reports for 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-2014 have been placed in the Library.

The timeline for the introduction of vaccination programmes in this country is available in the publication Historical vaccine development and introduction of vaccines in the UK, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.

Detailed information on which provider administers vaccine is not collected nationally. The vast majority of immunisation programmes are delivered in general practice. The teenage HPV immunisation programme is largely delivered by school health services and childhood flu immunisation of school aged children will largely take place in schools.

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