MMR Vaccine

(asked on 21st September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the effect of anti-vaccination campaigns on the number of young children receiving the MMR vaccine.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 10th November 2020

We take the issue of vaccine misinformation extremely seriously and are working across Government to tackle this.

Parental attitudinal surveys conducted by Public Health England demonstrate that there is high confidence in our vaccine programmes and that 94% of parents rate the NHS as the most trusted source of information on immunisation.

However, despite a recent uptick in measles, mumps and rubella vaccine uptake rates, the Department remains concerned about the slow and steady decline in vaccine uptake rates since 2013. We are working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and social media companies on innovative ways to tackle the proliferation of anti-vaccine messaging and ensuring that reputable sources such as NHS.UK are the most prominent.

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