Spring 2024 COVID vaccine uptake

For the spring 2024 COVID programme, the JCVI advised that a COVID-19 vaccine should be offered to:

• all adults aged 75 years and over
• residents in care homes for older adults
• individuals aged 6 months and over who were immunosuppressed (as defined in the Green Book)

Eligible groups were described in the CMO letter about the spring COVID-19 vaccination programme 2024.

Uptake figures in eligible groups for the spring 2024 COVID-19 programme is available on the PHS vaccination surveillance dashboard.

Uptake in adults aged 75 years and over was 72.9%, in care home residents 81.6% and in those with weakened immune systems 45.7%.

There were inequalities in uptake with differences by ethnic group, ethnicity, deprivation and urban-rural classification.

COVID-19 and influenza vaccine uptake in adults under prison care - winter 2023/24

PHS published a report that describes the uptake of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines in adults under prison care in Scotland during the winter of 2023/24.

It reported on vaccine uptake by:

• prison establishment
• vaccine eligibility group
• age
• sex

In winter 2023/24, adults under prison care aged 65 years and above, 18 to 64-year-olds at higher risk due to a clinical condition and individuals with a weakened immune system were eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination.

All adults under prison care were eligible for the influenza vaccine.

The report showed that vaccine uptake was low for both vaccines in winter 2023/24, with 13.8% of eligible adults vaccinated against COVID-19 and 16.7% of all adults under prison care vaccinated against influenza.

View the full report on COVID-19 and influenza vaccine uptake in adults under prison care 9 July 2024.