Chickenpox will soon become part of the NHS routine childhood vaccination schedule, a step health leaders are calling a landmark moment for public health. Officials say the decision will strengthen ...

Parents are being urged to protect their children against preventable cancers. The call comes from the NHS South West as part of HPV Awareness Day, highlighting the importance of the HPV vaccine for ...

When Laura Hamlin* received an automated text from her GP an hour before her son’s booster jabs, cancelling the appointment, ...

Young children will be offered a free chicken pox jab on the NHS as part of their routine childhood vaccinations for the first time. It will be offered alongside the MMR jab, which protects against ...

NHS England has delayed its plans to transfer responsibility for commissioning vaccination services to ICBs until next year.

Thousands of pharmacies in England will offer free NHS flu spray doses to toddlers for the first time this year. The vaccination is given via a child's nose and two and three-year-olds could ...

Public health officials are urging eligible adults to come forward for shingles vaccine after figures show fewer than half have taken up the offer.

NHS Grampian says the second case is not linked to the first but it is not being classed as an outbreak.

Over the past six months, the health service body has agreed a trio of agreements covering the delivery of online services, with the latest deal covering maternity and child inoculations NHS England h ...

NHS Grampian is urging everyone – adults and children alike – to ensure they are vaccinated against measles, as the board ...

A second case of measles has been confirmed in the Grampian region. Deputy director of public health with NHS Grampian, Chris ...