Influenza: Vaccination
(asked on 8th December 2020) - 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 of winter flu vaccinations was in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020 to date.
The following tables show the vaccine uptake data for 2018/19 and 2019/20 flu seasons in eligible groups and in children by school year.
Patient group | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 |
Patients aged 65 years or older | 72.0 | 72.4 |
Patients aged six months to under 65 years in risk groups | 48.0 | 44.9 |
Pregnant women | 45.2 | 43.7 |
Patients aged two years old | 43.8 | 43.4 |
Patients aged three years old | 45.9 | 44.2 |
Healthcare workers | 70.3 | 74.3 |
School year | 2018 - 2019 | 2019 - 2020 |
Influenza vaccine uptake (%) | Influenza vaccine uptake (%) | |
Reception | 64.3 | 64.3 |
1 | 63.6 | 63.6 |
2 | 61.5 | 62.6 |
3 | 60.4 | 60.6 |
4 | 58.3 | 59.6 |
5 | 56.5 | 57.2 |
6 | - | 55.0 |
Total | 60.8 | 60.4 |