This is a vaccine preventable disease for which there is a national immunisation programme in the UK. Select 'Epidemiological data' below for up-to-date statistics on disease incidence and vaccine coverage.
Further information on mumps and the MMR vaccine is available on www.immunisation.nhs.uk.
3 February 2010:
Mumps investigation – University of East Anglia (Word Document, 62 KB)
15 January 2010: Laboratory confirmed number of mumps cases in England and Wales: update to end-November 2009
28 November 2009: Laboratory confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella, England and Wales: July to September 2009