Vaccine coverage and COVER (Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly)
A programme for evaluating childhood immunisation.
The Centre for Infections (CfI) of the Health Protection Agency, in collaboration with the National Public Health Service for Wales, CDSC Northern Ireland and Health Protection Scotland, collates UK immunisation coverage statistics from computerised child health systems for children aged one, two and five years of age.
Recent Updates
- 29 June 2009:
COVER data Q08-4 Jan to Mar 2009 (Excel Spreadsheet, 132 KB) - 26 June 2009: COVER programme Jan to Mar 2009
- 24 September 2008: NHS Immunisation Statistics, England 2007-08
- 14 August 2008: PCT ready reckoner for MMR catch-up (Excel Spreadsheet, 152 KB)
- 6 November 2007:
HPA survey of Primary Care Trust teenage vaccination programmes (PDF, 320 KB)
The COVER programme monitors immunisation coverage data for children in the United Kingdom who reach their first, second or fifth birthday during each evaluation quarter. This information is promptly fed back to local level, creating the opportunity to improve coverage and to detect changes in vaccine coverage quickly.
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