How many people have been vaccinated against meningitis B in each year since 2010-11, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) private hospital…

Meningococcal B (Men B) vaccination was introduced from 1 September 2015 for infants due to receive their primary immunisations starting at two months of age on or after 1 September 2015 (i.e. those babies born on or after 1 July 2015). The vaccine is offered alongside other routine immunisations at two and four months of age, with a booster dose at 12-13 months. A limited one-off catch-up programme was also delivered targeting infants born in May and June 2015 receiving other routine immunisations.
Table 1 shows the number of infants born from 1 May to 31 July 2015 who received the Men B vaccine by six months of age through the national programme. Information on Men B vaccine given out-with the routine childhood immunisation schedule or in a private hospital/clinic is not held centrally.
Table 1: Number of infants born 1 May to 31 July 2015 receiving Men B vaccine by six months of age by NHS Board of Residence
NHS Board of Residence1
Number of infants receiving vaccine2
Ayrshire and Arran
806
Borders
239
Dumfries and Galloway
323
Fife
844
Forth Valley
690
Grampian
1,377
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2,898
Highland
591
Lanarkshire
1,663
Lothian
2,161
Orkney
49
Shetland
48
Tayside
965
Western Isles
56
Scotland
12,710
Source: Scottish Immunisation and Recall System 15 February 2016
Data are provisional.
1. NHS boards based on the boundaries as at 1 April 2014.
2. The figures presented relate to infants receiving one or more doses of the Men B vaccine by six months of age. Infants born in May 2015 would have been offered one dose of vaccine, infants born from June 2015 would have been offered two doses of vaccine.