Stay Strong, Get Vaccinated

Posted on February 23rd, 2026

Dear Parents and Carers,

A new national campaign has been launched to encourage you to get your children vaccinated.

Routine childhood immunisations are free and highly effective – they are the safest way to protect your children’s health. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) estimates that childhood vaccinations prevent around 5,000 deaths and more than 228,000 hospital admissions in England every year.

Illnesses like measles can spread very easily between children who are not vaccinated. The UK recently lost its World Health Organization (WHO) measles elimination status after over 2,900 cases of measles were confirmed in England in 2024, the highest levels recorded in decades. At the same time childhood vaccination rates were, and still are, well below the 95% WHO uptake target needed to prevent measles outbreaks.

Failing to vaccinate children leaves them unprotected against diseases that are easily preventable through free NHS vaccinations.

For more information about when to get your child vaccinated, please visit: NHS vaccinations and when to have them – NHS

Please call South Street Surgery on 01279 465700, if you think your child is due vaccinations.

Thank you.