Influenza: Vaccination
(asked on 7th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take up is of the flu vaccine for over 50s in the Halton local authority area compared to the same period in 2021.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 12th December 2022
The following table shows the uptake for the flu vaccination in Halton local authority in the 50 to 64 years old age group and all those aged 65 years old in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 season, as of 31 October 2022.
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
50 to 64 years old in a clinical risk group | 43.9% | 43.8% |
50 to 64 years old not in a clinical risk group | 24.3% | 23.2% |
Aged 65 years old and over | 62.2% | 68.9% |
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