So the children’s flu vaccine was 87% effective against the main circulating strain of flu last year and that’s incredible data from public health England but what does it mean? does it mean that more children were protected against flu and it’s potentially serious side effects.

yes, so if the children’s flu vaccine is so good then why was the uptake so low and Bradford last year?

Well let’s find out now we’ve looked at the most recent data for 2018 and 2019 nationally 44.9% of children aged 2 to 3 years received a flu vaccine last winter in the Bradford district. This was only 29.9% and four children in reception to year four nationally 60.8% of children received the flu vaccine. Once again in Bradford district this was only 44.7% so our uptake in Bradford is considerably below the national level.

Flu Vaccine

So why was the uptake so low in Bradford last year well the good news is that Bradford Council have done some extensive research into this and to help me address. The issue I’ve got some help from a good friend of mine and fellow Bradfordian. Now you’ll most likely know him from a popular TV show called GPs behind closed doors his name is Dr Amir Khan and I’ve come to his surgery to find out more so Amir as you know I like to keep things simple and that’s were gonna try and do in this week’s video.

So the first question I have that many parents have is why does my child need to be vaccinated against the flu children should definitely be vaccinated against the flu. It’s a really serious condition if you’ve ever had it as an adult you wouldn’t wish it on a child. They can become really unwell with temperatures fevers chills tummy ache, sore throat dry, cough and it can last for up to a week and make them very very unwell and the best way to avoid any of that is to get vaccinated.

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