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About this release This report by Public Health Scotland (PHS) describes the uptake of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines in adults under prison care in Scotland during the winter of...

In November 2023, Public Health Scotland commissioned research to gain insight into attitudes towards vaccination among people living in areas of high relative deprivation, where...

This leaflet is a guide for pregnant women about whooping cough. It explains how whooping cough can affect babies and young children and how pregnant women can get the whooping cough vaccine.

​​​​The Scottish Vaccine Update provides current information and practical advice about immunisation policy, practice and vaccine supply in Scotland for front line health professionals.

A quarterly update of immunisation uptake rates for children in Scotland at 12 months, 24 months, five years and six years of age.

The most up to date information on uptake and coverage of pneumococcal and shingles vaccination, alongside data on those who are eligible for vaccination.

This specimen Patient Group Direction (PGD) template has been produced by Public Health Scotland to assist NHS boards with the administration of diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis with or without inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine.

PHS provides quarterly information on immunisations and vaccine-preventable diseases under surveillance in Scotland.

Public Health Scotland conducted an online survey in February and March 2024 to evaluate the Winter 2023 flu and COVID-19 vaccination programme. The survey was co-produced with...

The MMR vaccine letters are aimed at parents and carers with children in primary and secondary school to raise awareness of the free MMR vaccine provided by NHS Scotland. These letters have been translated into Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish Sorani, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Traditional Chinese and Urdu.