Immunisation and vaccination
England is a world leader in childhood vaccinations but PHE data show that while coverage remains high, children’s vaccine uptake has been slowly decreasing since 2012-13. This blog looks at 10 ways to address barriers to vaccination in primary care.
With another flu season almost upon us our Medical Director Professor Paul Cosford has answered some key questions about flu and flu vaccination.
This week is European Immunisation Week (EIW) – a week to celebrate the value of vaccination, an intervention which saves millions of lives across the globe every year.
This week was European Immunisation Week, organised by the World Health Organisation, with a call to action for all nations to "Prevent. Protect. Immunise". Immunisation is a particularly timely topic as we're currently seeing a measles outbreak in London, so promoting the MMR …
It’s European Immunisation Week - a great time to celebrate the achievements of everyone who delivers vaccination programmes and highlight the benefit of vaccines throughout life. This week we’re particularly urging professionals who work with young people/young adults to make …
There’s a simple reason vaccination is so important - it prevents disease and saves lives. And in terms of disease prevention, only clean water (also considered to be a basic human right) performs better. This week is European Immunisation Week, …
For European Immunisation Week we asked David Green, Public Health England’s immunisations nurse expert, to give us answers to some of the questions he gets asked the most. 1. What vaccines are available free on the NHS? The vaccines available …
Whichever way you look at it, data around vaccines is both fascinating and inspiring. Immunisation programmes are one of the world’s public health triumphs with many millions of lives saved since the first vaccines were introduced. In this blog we …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Ce5wNNS2A Integrated winter campaign: our greatest drive ever This Autumn, along with Department of Health and NHS England, we launched our greatest drive ever to help people stay well through our joint Stay Well this Winter campaign. Resources to drive …