This section 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.
On these pages you can find:
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.
Page updated: 22 February 2012
CMO letter - Immunisation Scotland (PDF). This CMO letter promotes the launch of the new Immunisation Scotland (external link) website.
The Department of Health immunisation pages (external link) provide information on vaccines, disease and immunisation programme in the UK.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) (external link)Minutes of the committee´s proceedings.
NHS Health Scotland resources are available in Urdu, Chinese and Polish, and in an Easy Read format. NHS Health Scotland is happy to consider requests for other languages and formats. Please contact 0131 536 5500 or email nhs.healthscotland-alternativeformats@nhs.net
