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Written Question · S5W-21575 · Session 5

What the take-up rate of the flu vaccine has been in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board, and also expressed as a percen…

Answered Asked by Monica Lennon Lab Lodged 8 Feb 2019

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what the take-up rate of the flu vaccine has been in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board, and also expressed as a percentage of those eligible for the vaccine.

The answer

Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 Feb 2019 · 19 days after it was lodged, on time

Influenza vaccine uptake is monitored by Health Protection Scotland (HPS) based on aggregate level data for all population groups eligible for free influenza vaccine in Scotland.
Information on vaccine uptake estimates during each season is routinely published in HPS weekly Respiratory Reports. Information on cumulative provisional vaccine uptake estimates for the eligible groups for this season as at week 7 (week ending 17 February 2019) is available at: https://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/resp/resourcedetail.aspx?id=3671 .
Breakdown of the 2018-19 vaccine uptake estimates by board and eligible group is not available until later this year once the immunisation programme has been completed and evaluation of the data is undertaken.
Detailed information on vaccine uptake from 2010-11 to 2017-18 by board and eligible group are published on the HPS website and available at: https://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/resp/seasonalinfluenzavisualisation.aspx .

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-21575 by reference.