Immunisation Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 2

GPC warns over future additions to ‘crowded’ immunisation schedule

Source: Pulse

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Date of publication: February 2013

Publication Type: News Story

In a nutshell: The GPC has warned that any additions to the ‘crowded’ immunisation schedule need to be very carefully introduced to maximise uptake and minimise the workload on GP practices. The warning comes after the Government’s proposed GP contract deal included two new immmunisations this year – rotavirus in the infant schedule and herpes zoster for the elderly.

Length of publication: Webpage

‘Universal HPV vaccination’ call

Source: BBC News

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Date of publication: February 2013

Publication Type: News Story

In a nutshell: Schoolboys in the UK should receive the HPV vaccine to protect against throat cancer, a charity has urged.

Length of publication: Webpage

 

Whooping cough cases ‘falling’

Source: BBC News

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Date of publication: February 2013

Publication Type: News Story

In a nutshell: The largest outbreak of whooping cough for 20 years shows signs of slowing as cases fall for two months in a row, Health Protection Agency figures for England and Wales show.

Length of publication: Webpage

Minister denies that screening and immunisation will be weakened under changes to NHS

Source: British Medical Journal, BMJ 2013; 346: f461

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Date of publication: January 2013

Publication Type: News Story

In a nutshell: The government has denied that arrangements for screening and immunisation in England will be weakened under the government’s changes to the NHS, despite concerns raised by the man who will take charge of public health services from April nationally.

Length of publication: 1 page news item

Cost-effectiveness of childhood influenza vaccination in England and Wales: Results from a dynamic transmission model

Source: Vaccine, 2013, 31 (6), pp. 927–942

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Date of publication: January 2013

Publication Type: Journal Article

In a nutshell: ► Little is known about HPV knowledge in vaccinated cohorts of girls in the UK. ► We surveyed girls in the first vaccinated cohort, three years after vaccination. ► Knowledge was low, with a fifth unaware of HPV. ► Many girls were unaware of the link between HPV infection and cervical cancer, and the need for cervical screening post-vaccination. ► There will be a need for targeted information when this cohort reaches screening age.

Length of publication: 15 page article

 

Knowledge and awareness of HPV and the HPV vaccine among young women in the first routinely vaccinated cohort in England

Source: Vaccine, 2013, 31 (7), pp. 1051–1056

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Date of publication: February 2013

Publication Type: Journal Article

In a nutshell: ► Little is known about HPV knowledge in vaccinated cohorts of girls in the UK. ► We surveyed girls in the first vaccinated cohort, three years after vaccination. ► Knowledge was low, with a fifth unaware of HPV. ► Many girls were unaware of the link between HPV infection and cervical cancer, and the need for cervical screening post-vaccination. ► There will be a need for targeted information when this cohort reaches screening age.

Length of publication: 5 page article

New meningitis B vaccine approved for UK use

Source: Nursing Times

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Date of publication: February 2013

Publication Type: News Story

In a nutshell: Much of the media are reporting the news that a new meningitis B vaccine called Bexsero has been licensed by the European Commission. This means the vaccine should soon be available for use in the UK.

Length of publication: Webpage

North East measles outbreak ‘serious’

Source: BBC News

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Date of publication: January 2013

Publication Type: News Story

In a nutshell: More than 100 people have, or are suspected to have, measles, in one of the worst outbreaks in the North East in recent years.

Length of publication: Webpage

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