Influenza: Vaccination
(asked on 10th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have (a) requested and (b) received an NHS flu vaccination in each month since the start of winter 2020-21; and how many people so (i) requested and (ii) received that vaccination in each month in winter 2019-20.
Public Health England publishes weekly provisional flu vaccine uptake data based on general practitioner automated returns throughout the flu season, with publication starting this season on 8 October 2020. This gives the proportions of those eligible who have been vaccinated and is available at the following link:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports
The number of people who request a National Health Service flu vaccination in each month since the start of winter 2020/21 is not collected.
Monthly provisional flu vaccine uptake data, based on automated and manual returns, is also published, with the first set of monthly data due to be published on 26 November covering the period 1 September to 31 October 2020. Monthly flu vaccine uptake data for 2019/20 is available at the following link: