The aim is to vaccinate as many “unvaccinated and partially vaccinated” 10 to 16-year-olds as possible in the run-up to the next academic year.
There were a high number of confirmed measles cases in England in the first three months of this year, with 587 having been recorded by the end of March. Last year also saw a record annual high of almost 2,000 cases. The catch-up programme comes despite 94 per cent of five-year-olds receiving one dose of the MMR vaccination.
Public Health England (PHE), NHS England and the Department of Health are co-ordinating the programme to identify unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children from GP or school programmes.
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