Immunisation
This page provides up-to-date information about immunisation and supporting resources for health professionals.
NHS Health Scotland works closely with partners such as Health Protection Scotland (external link)and NHS Board Immunisation Coordinators to provide up-to-date resources to support national immunisation programmes.
Vaccine updates and safety information
The Scottish Vaccine Update (external link)provides front line health professionals with current information and practical advice about immunisation policy, practice and vaccine supply in Scotland.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (external link) monitors the safety of vaccines through the Yellow Card Scheme(external link).
The information collected through the Yellow Card Scheme is constantly reviewed by independent experts and used to inform national immunisation policy decisions.
Information for the public
Immunisation Scotland website (external link)
NHS Health Scotland has an immunisation information website for people in Scotland. The website has up-to-date information on vaccines and immunisation, including why immunisation is important, when to immunise, what vaccines are available and which diseases they protect against. Visit www.immunisationscotland.org.uk (external link) for more information.
Travel Vaccinations
TRAVAX™ (external link) is provided for Professionals and is maintained and continually updated by the Travel Health Team at Health Protection Scotland . It is a UK National Health Service resource.
Information on travel vaccinations for the public can be found on the Fit for Travel (external link) wesite which has travel health and vaccine information for people travelling abroad from the UK.
Contact
For general health care information you can contact
NHS Inform
0800 22 44 88 (Textphone 18001 0800 22 44 88)
or if it is an emergency
NHS24
08454 24 24 24
Page updated: 02 May 2011