@proceedings{McQuaid_F-2021_54824, title = {The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated control measures on uptake of preschool immunisations in Scotland}, author = {McQuaid, F. and Mulholland, R. and Cameron, C. and Gibbons, C. and Sheikh, A. and Tait, J. and Turner, S. and Ortega, J. and Wood, R.}, month = {sep}, year = {2021}, abstract = {BackgroundMaintaining high levels of immunisation uptake is vital to protect children from vaccine-preventable disease. The COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to control it, including national lockdowns, threatened to disrupt routine immunisation programmes. Initial reports from the early weeks of lockdowns in the UK and worldwide suggested that preschool immunisation uptake was falling. In Scotland enhanced surveillance databases were set up to monitor and rapidly assess the impact on childhood immunisation uptake rates.}, pages = {A230-A230}, volume = {106}, issue = {S1}, journal = {Archives of Disease in Childhood}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-rcpch.401}, }