In March 2020, England went into its first lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Restrictions eased temporarily, followed by second and third waves in October 2020 and January 2021. Recent data showed that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in...

This series of reports presents an assessment of the extent of COVID-19-related impact on childhood vaccinations based on both (a) aggregated vaccine counts of dose 1 Hexavalent and dose 1 MMR vaccinations delivered to infants or children and (b)...

This indicator looks at vaccination coverage for children and mothers in the UK and internationally.

Vaccination teams all over the world grew concerned about how to ensure stable childhood immunisation rates once local COVID-19 outbreaks turned into national outbreaks. Childhood immunisation team members in the Lothian area of Scotland were...

Reports assessing the impact of COVID-19-related physical distancing measures on delivery of childhood vaccination programmes in England.

Results: The majority of survey respondents (85.7%) considered it important for their children to receive routine vaccinations on schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, several barriers to vaccination were identified. These included a lack...

Using electronic health records, we assessed the early impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on routine childhood vaccination in England by 26 April 2020. Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination counts fell from February 2020, and in the 3 weeks after...

Vaccination programmes provide a ‘passport to protection’ by establishing a record of a child’s life. By registering a child’s birth, a legal foundation is being laid for a person’s ‘civil, political, economic, social and cultural...

Iconic renewables company Dulas has announced a significant acquisition after shareholders recently voted to purchase 100% of Polestar Cooling, a specialist manufacturing plant based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.