A benefits case study describing how national stakeholders have used HSCIC's immunisation statistics to help drive improvements in immunisation services and inform decisions when managing disease outbreaks

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Benefits Case Study Summary – ‘NHS
Immunisation Statistics’ publication
How the NHS Immunisation Statistics publication has informed service delivery
The annual NHS Immunisation Statistics publication seeks to enable government bodies, commissioners
and immunisation providers to improve coverage of immunisation programmes, with the aim of protecting
people against vaccine-preventable diseases. The HSCIC has produced a benefits case study describing
how stakeholders have used the NHS Immunisation Statistics publication in delivering this aim. Key
examples of uses include:
 Department of Health (DH) considering policy options for immunisation programmes - the combination
of historic measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) immunisation data, as reported in the NHS
Immunisation Statistics publication, and recent data on measles infections was used by DH, NHS
England and Public Health England (PHE) to inform the decision to introduce a national MMR
vaccination catch-up campaign for 10-16 year olds in 2013. The catch-up campaign has contributed
to the following benefit for this target group :
o Intermediate benefit: Percentage of 10-16 year olds in England estimated to have received at
least one dose of MMR vaccine increased from 94.7% in March 2013 to 95.3% in August 2013
(20,000 more 10-16 year olds estimated to have been vaccinated)
o End benefit: Number of measles cases in 10-14 and 15-19 year olds in England reduced by
15% and 21% between 2012 and 2013
 PHE reporting the UK-wide immunisation coverage statistics to the World Health Organization (WHO),
which the WHO uses to monitor the operations and effectiveness of national immunisation
programmes.
 PHE including local data on diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b
(DTaP/IPV/Hib) and MMR vaccination coverage in child health profiles, which PHE produces for all
local authorities in England. The profiles are aimed at enabling local stakeholders to work
collaboratively in meeting local needs.
 NHS England informing the planning and commissioning of the Section 7A agreement. This includes
using the publication data to consider possible Commissioning for Quality and Innovations (CQUINs)
for inclusion in the Commissioning Intentions document.
 NHS England’s London region establishing baselines and developing 5 year targets and trajectories
for childhood immunisations, for inclusion in the draft London Immunisation 5 year strategic plan
2014/15 - 2018/19.
 The ‘Tripartite’ (DH, PHE and NHS England) Immunisation Programme Board (IPB) assessing the
implementation and delivery of immunisation programmes and considering corrective actions to
address any decreases in immunisation coverage.
NHS Immunisation Statistics publication overview
Annually, the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) releases the NHS Immunisation
Statistic publication, which provides information on immunisation coverage at national, regional and local
levels for childhood, adolescent and seasonal influenza immunisation programmes (the latter for people in
the 65-and-over at-risk group only).
More information
The full NHS Immunisation Statistics publication benefits case study can be accessed at:
 http://www.hscic.gov.uk/benefitscasestudies/publications