The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
School flu jab team goes to work
NHS Lanarkshire’s School Immunisation Team has started its seasonal flu campaign.
Parents and carers and being urged to get ready for winter by taking up the offer of the free flu vaccine for their children.
The flu vaccine is offered to roughly 51,000 children through a programme in schools. The team are encouraging parents and carers to return their consent forms to school so that their child will be able to receive a vaccine.
Karen McGuigan, public health advisor for immunisation, said: “Flu can be very serious. Even healthy children can become seriously ill from flu and they can also spread it to other friends and families.
“The flu vaccine that is offered to the vast majority of pupils in schools is called Fluenz. This vaccine is given as a nasal spray into each nostril.
“It’s safe, quick, and painless. There will be some children who cannot receive the nasal spray and they will receive an injection in the upper arm.
“In Lanarkshire schools last year we had an excellent uptake of the vaccine and we hope parents will continue to see the importance of the vaccination this year again.”
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