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Council chiefs concerned by loss of measles elimination status
28/01/2026 Local authority leaders have voiced their concerns after the World Health Organisation confirmed that the UK has lost its measles elimination status. |
Councils support ‘game-changer’ gonorrhoea vaccination rollout
04/08/2025 Councils across England are partnering with the NHS to deliver a world-first public health initiative—the rollout of a gonorrhoea vaccination programme. |
Measles death prompts call to improve vaccine uptake
14/07/2025 There is an urgent need to address falling immunisation rates to protect children against measles, local authority leaders have said. |
NHS and local government partner on gonorrhoea vaccine
21/05/2025 The NHS and local government have partnered on the roll-out of a world-first vaccine programme to prevent gonorrhoea. |
Brighton and Hove takes steps to combat elm disease
28/04/2025 Brighton and Hove City Council is set to launch its annual inoculation programme to protect thousands of historic trees from elm disease. |
Measles outbreak prompts MMR vaccine call
23/01/2024 Local authority leaders have issued an urgent call to parents asking them to ensure that their children have had both doses of the MMR vaccine. |
Covid vaccines brought forward after new variant discovered
31/08/2023 This year’s winter flu and Covid-19 vaccine programme has been brought forward by several weeks after a new Covid-19 variant was identified in the UK, the Government has announced. |
