The target audience for the Immunisation Scotland website is the general public, although NHS Health Scotland is also keen to raise awareness with health professionals who have contact with parents and carers as a way of promoting the site with the public.
This website complements the existing range of printed information materials of leaflets, booklets and posters available on each of the immunisations. As all the information is in one place, this comprehensive site provides information on immunisations for babies, infants, children, teenagers, adults and those in at risk groups.
Visitors to the site will be able to learn more about vaccines, when these are offered, and the diseases they protect against. The site includes updated information about MMR. In addition, it carries an interactive chart for parents and carers of babies and infants so that they understand when each immunisation is due under the Routine Childhood Immunisation Programme.
We would like to encourage people seeking information on immunisations to use the site. As this is a web resource it means the content can be accessed at any time of day or night, as many times as people feel they want or need to, and detailed Q and A will provide comprehensive information relevant to patients, parents and carers – information for everyone on protection for everyone.
The site is designed to sit alongside existing on-line information reference sources for health professionals. You can continue to access links to the Green Book and the latest technical information about vaccines on the NHS Health Scotland website.
We hope you have an opportunity to visit Immunisation Scotland soon!
Immunisation Scotland is a comprehensive online guide to immunisation and vaccines. Find out why immunisation is important, when to immunise, what vaccines are available and how they protect against serious diseases such as measles, mumps, whooping cough and polio.