THE proportion of children who have received the MMR vaccine in Warrington has increased slightly to just over 90 percent according to new data from NHS England.
The data published by NHS England shows the proportion of children in England who received both doses of their MMR (measles, mumps & rubella) vaccine by their fifth birthday.
In Warrington the figure 90.4% compared to 89.2% in 2022-23.
Last February NHS teams in the North West stepped up efforts to get more children protected with the MMR vaccine amid rising cases of measles in the region.
In March Warrington Borough Council’s public health team urged local people to check that they and their children have had the MMR vaccine that protects against measles with cases confirmed in the town.
Uptake of both doses of vaccine, which is usually given to children aged one and then a second vaccine at around three years and four months, was 85.2% in the North West – and lower than 80% in some areas – which like many parts of the country is significantly lower than the World Health Organisation target of 95% coverage with two doses of MMR vaccine by 5 years.
The full list for the country is Listed below for comparison.
Cumbria 94.8% (93.5%)
East Riding of Yorkshire 94.5% (94.4%)
County Durham 94.2% (94.0%)
South Tyneside 93.7% (92.7%)
Northumberland 92.5% (92.6%)
Bath & North East Somerset 92.3% (93.3%)
Derbyshire 92.2% (93.1%)
Dorset 92.1% (92.3%)
Wiltshire 92.0% (92.4%)
West Berkshire 91.9% (93.0%)
Barnsley 91.7% (92.2%)
Leicestershire 91.7% (91.9%)
North Tyneside 91.7% (92.8%)
North East Lincolnshire 91.6% (91.6%)
Bracknell Forest 91.5% (89.5%)
Hampshire 91.1% (91.0%)
Wokingham 91.1% (91.1%)
Sunderland 90.9% (92.4%)
Oxfordshire 90.8% (90.6%)
Plymouth 90.7% (91.6%)
Worcestershire 90.6% (90.6%)
Cheshire East 90.6% (89.9%)
Devon 90.5% (92.3%)
Warrington 90.4% (89.2%)
Stockport 90.4% (91.3%)
Gloucestershire 90.3% (89.3%)
Norfolk 90.3% (90.6%)
Suffolk 90.2% (89.1%)
South Gloucestershire 90.0% (91.6%)
Cheshire West & Chester 89.9% (89.9%)
Central Bedfordshire 89.9% (90.8%)
Trafford 89.8% (89.0%)
Stockton-on-Tees 89.7% (92.0%)
Herefordshire 89.6% (88.1%)
Shropshire 89.3% (89.8%)
Kirklees 89.3% (88.4%)
Buckinghamshire 89.3% (90.3%)
Cambridgeshire 89.2% (89.3%)
Torbay 89.2% (89.3%)
Hartlepool 89.2% (84.5%)
Redcar & Cleveland 89.1% (89.5%)
Windsor & Maidenhead 89.0% (88.8%)
Wakefield 88.9% (89.2%)
North Yorkshire 88.7% (90.3%)
North Somerset 88.7% (91.4%)
Wirral 88.6% (88.7%)
Rotherham 88.5% (91.8%)
Hertfordshire 88.4% (88.8%)
Essex 88.4% (88.3%)
Wigan 88.2% (88.4%)
Warwickshire 88.2% (88.5%)
Somerset 88.0% (90.4%)
Staffordshire 87.9% (89.3%)
Dudley 87.9% (89.3%)
Cornwall 87.9% (89.0%)
Darlington 87.9% (90.8%)
Bedford 87.5% (90.4%)
West Sussex 87.5% (89.5%)
Swindon 87.4% (86.8%)
Milton Keynes 87.3% (87.4%)
Lancashire 87.1% (88.1%)
St Helens 86.8% (86.0%)
Gateshead 86.8% (88.5%)
Halton 86.7% (89.0%)
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole 86.7% (88.2%)
North Northamptonshire 86.7% (86.9%)
East Sussex 86.6% (86.8%)
York 86.5% (86.5%)
Calderdale 86.4% (85.9%)
Blackpool 86.2% (87.4%)
Sheffield 86.2% (85.2%)
Bromley 86.1% (87.0%)
Portsmouth 86.1% (86.2%)
Solihull 86.0% (85.8%)
Blackburn with Darwen 85.7% (88.2%)
Nottinghamshire 85.6% (86.0%)
Bolton 85.6% (87.6%)
Telford & Wrekin 85.5% (87.0%)
Isle of Wight 85.5% (85.5%)
Southampton 85.4% (85.7%)
Reading 85.3% (84.4%)
Newcastle upon Tyne 85.2% (85.1%)
Southend-on-Sea 84.8% (85.0%)
Stoke-on-Trent 84.3% (85.4%)
Kent 84.0% (85.2%)
Slough 83.9% (84.6%)
Lincolnshire 83.8% (83.9%)
Surrey 83.7% (83.5%)
Tameside 83.6% (86.5%)
Hull 83.4% (85.6%)
North Lincolnshire 83.4% (85.5%)
Walsall 83.2% (83.1%)
Sefton 83.2% (82.6%)
Bristol 83.0% (84.3%)
Brighton & Hove 83.0% (84.4%)
Bexley 82.9% (82.6%)
Thurrock 82.5% (82.8%)
West Northamptonshire 82.1% (85.0%)
Doncaster 82.1% (84.2%)
Derby 81.9% (79.6%)
Bury 81.5% (83.3%)
Leeds 81.3% (83.8%)
Hillingdon 81.0% (81.0%)
Salford 81.0% (79.8%)
Sutton 80.7% (77.7%)
Bradford 80.5% (83.6%)
Medway 80.5% (82.5%)
Rochdale 80.2% (85.2%)
Coventry 79.8% (81.7%)
Oldham 79.8% (80.8%)
Southwark 79.7% (82.5%)
Lewisham 79.6% (80.4%)
Luton 79.6% (81.4%)
Ealing 79.4% (81.0%)
Leicester 79.4% (79.2%)
Sandwell 79.4% (80.2%)
Havering 79.3% (79.5%)
Greenwich 79.2% (83.4%)
Middlesbrough 77.9% (82.1%)
Lambeth 77.9% (79.1%)
Harrow 77.8% (78.9%)
Wolverhampton 77.6% (79.1%)
Kingston-upon-Thames 77.1% (76.4%)
Knowsley 76.7% (76.5%)
Peterborough 76.6% (75.7%)
Hounslow 75.9% (77.9%)
Brent 75.0% (77.6%)
Birmingham 74.8% (75.1%)
Manchester 74.6% (74.5%)
Wandsworth 74.6% (75.2%)
Nottingham 74.0% (75.1%)
Tower Hamlets 73.9% (73.8%)
Liverpool 73.4% (73.6%)
Barnet 72.9% (70.6%)
Richmond-upon-Thames 72.3% (74.1%)
Merton 72.2% (71.7%)
Waltham Forest 72.0% (70.8%)
Redbridge 69.8% (69.5%)
Barking & Dagenham 68.5% (69.5%)
Croydon 68.1% (70.3%)
Newham 67.7% (68.0%)
Hammersmith & Fulham 67.6% (70.3%)
Enfield 65.8% (64.8%)
Camden 65.7% (63.6%)
Haringey 64.5% (65.9%)
Kensington & Chelsea 64.5% (67.2%)
Westminster 64.3% (74.0%)
Islington 63.8% (66.3%)
Hackney 60.8% (56.3%)
