Immunisation Programmes
Information for Professionals
Resources
Public Health Scotland: Protecting the population of Scotland from vaccine preventable diseases: Vaccination and Immunisation Report
Public Health Scotland (PHS) Annual Vaccination and Immunisation Report. The report provides an overview of vaccine preventable disease (VPD). Surveillance and health protection activities, uptake/coverage statistics of vaccines offered across the life course, and key achievements and challenges in delivering the vaccination and immunisation programme in Scotland. It reports on statistical data per health board.
Public health Scotland: Childhood Immunisation Statistics
Provides a quarterly update of immunisation uptake rates for children in Scotland, uptake rates by local authority, by NHS Board of treatment, and trend data in Lanarkshire and other boards. Information is shown for 12 months, 24 months, 5 years and 6 years of age.
From 2025, all information on pre-school and school vaccines be available on the PHS Vaccination Surveillance dashboard: https://scotland.shinyapps.io/phs-vaccination-surveillance/
Public Health Scotland: Teenage Td/IPV and MenACWY Immunisation statistics
Public Health Scotland (PHS) provides an annual update on statistics and open data for teenage booster immunisation coverage rates for pupils in their third and fourth years of secondary school (S3 and S4).
Public Health Scotland: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Immunisation Statistics
Public Health Scotland (PHS) provides an annual update on statistics and open data on Human Papilloma virus (HPV). Coverage rates are reported for males and females in their first, second, third and fourth years of secondary school (S1, S2, S3 and S4) in 2022/23. Full report available under publications).
Public Health Scotland: Vaccination Surveillance Dashboard
This interactive dashboard, provides up-to-date surveillance data on vaccination uptake and effectiveness across Scotland. It includes detailed insights into COVID-19, Pneumococcal, Influenza and other immunisation programmes, offering breakdowns by age, health board, and risk groups.
The Green Book: Guidance and information on immunisation against infectious diseases – Gov.UK
The Green Book has the latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures for all the vaccine preventable infectious diseases that may occur in the UK.
Part 1: principles, practice and procedures in relation to immunisation
Provides links to non-specific guidance on how immunity and vaccines work, consent, storage, distribution and disposal of vaccines, immunisation procedures, immunisation by nurses and other health professional, contraindications and special considerations, immunisation of individuals with underlying medical conditions, vaccine safety and adverse events following immunisation, surveillance and monitoring for vaccine safety, vaccine damage payment Scheme, UK immunisation schedule, immunisation of healthcare laboratory staff.
Part 2: disease specific information, on vaccinations and vaccines.
Providing chapter on specific disease, history and epidemiology, vaccine make, process, storage, presentation, dosage and schedule, recommendations for use administration, age specific guidance, vaccinating individuals with unknown or incomplete vaccination histories, healthcare workers, individuals who are travelling (If applicable), contraindications, precautions, adverse reactions, management of cases, contact and outbreaks, who supplies the vaccine and contact details.
ScotPHO: UK immunisation information, resources and statistical data
Provides immunisation information, resources about the UK immunisation programs, immunisation policy context, statistical data on uptake, inequalities and factors affecting vaccine uptake in eligible groups.
Director of Public Health Annual Report and Statistical Appendices
Second Director of Public health annual report. Providing key data on the Immunisation Services within Lanarkshire.