Vaccination

(asked on 4th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on course to meet its annual immunisation targets for at-risk groups in 2019.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 12th March 2019

Various at-risk groups are immunised with an influenza vaccine and/or a pneumococcal-polysaccharide-vaccine (PPV).

Each year influenza vaccination takes place in the autumn before influenza starts to circulate. For the 2018/19 influenza season, the targets for those aged under 65 in a clinical risk group and pregnant women was at least 55%. Provisional data for the period 1 September 2018 to 31 January 2019 indicated uptake was 46.9% for those in clinical risk groups and 45% for pregnant women in the 2018/19 season. This can be viewed at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake-in-gp-patients-monthly-data-2018-to-2019

There are no formal coverage targets for PPV. PPV coverage estimates are published annually. The next report will be published in May 2019 and will include data for the period April 2018 – March 2019.

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