Routine child vaccine uptake fell last year

The UK Health Security Agency has urged parents to ensure their children are up to date with routine childhood vaccinations, after coverage fell last year in 13 out of 14 programmes.

In 2021-22 no vaccinations met the 95% target set by WHO.

Only 89.2% of children at 24 months had completed their first dose of the MMR, down from 90.3% the previous year.