None of the main childhood vaccines in England reached the 95 per cent uptake target in 2024/25, new figures show.

Some 91.9 per cent of five-year-olds had received one dose of the MMR (measles, mumps & rubella) vaccine, unchanged from 2023/24 and the lowest level since 2010/11, according to the UK Health Security Agency. Just 83.7 per cent of five-year-olds had received both MMR doses, down year on year from 83.9 per cent and the lowest level since 2009/10.

Uptake of the first MMR dose at 24 months stood at 88.9 per cent – unchanged on the previous year, but again the lowest figure since 2009/10.

Two doses of the MMR vaccine are required for long-lasting and full protection against measles, mumps, and rubella because the first dose does not provide immunity to everyone. More than 99 pe

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