Meningitis: Vaccination
(asked on 15th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the take-up rate has been for Meningococcal ACWY vaccine by each clinical commissioning group in England in each year since 2015.
Vaccine uptake data by clinical commissioning group (CCG) for Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) vaccination are only available for one of the targeted groups for vaccination. This is the cohort currently aged 18-19 years (born between 1 September 1997 and 31 August 1998) who are offered vaccination at general practitioners practices and have been eligible since April 2016.
Cumulative MenACWY vaccine uptake data showing the position at the end August 2016 have been published by Public Health England:
Vaccine uptake data for other groups offered MenACWY vaccine in schools are not available by CCG.