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Publication #8431
Reference
CMO(2025)06
Name
Seasonal influenza (flu) immunisation programme 2025/26: confirmation of adult and child cohorts
Categories
Scottish Government
CMO Letters
Organization
Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates
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NHS
Scotland
Health Boards
Special Health Boards
Influenza
Immunisation Programme
Vaccination Uptake
Adults
Children
Description
The Seasonal Flu Immunisation Programme is essential to protect those who are most vulnerable to severe illness from flu.
You successfully delivered flu vaccines to over 1.29 million individuals during the 2024/25 winter season. Thank you to everyone who was involved and contributed to this.
Winter 2024/25 in Scotland saw 53.2% of the entire eligible adult population receive a flu vaccine. Vaccination uptake rates in the 65 years and over cohort remained high, reaching 74.1%, although just shy of the World Health Organization’s target ambition of 75% and slightly lower than the 79.8% we achieved in winter 2023/24.
Uptake in the childhood flu programme remained in line with what was achieved the previous winter, and we increased uptake in all groups, apart from primary school children.
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2025-04-08 10:50:00
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