Data on the number of people who have received influenza vaccine are available nationally and at the strategic health authority and the primary care trust (PCT) levels. No data are available for individual parliamentary constituencies or local authorities.
Data on the total number of people vaccinated against influenza during the influenza season (winter) of the years 2005-06 to 2009-10 are given in the following table for the PCT that have included the West Chelmsford constituency and Chelmsford local authority.
Influenza season (winter) Primary care trust1 Number of people vaccinated with seasonal influenza vaccine Number of people vaccinated with swine influenza vaccine 2005-06 Chelmsford 16,492 — Maldon and South Chelmsford 11,176 — Witham, Braintree and Halstead 21,786 — 2006-07 Mid Essex 50,712 — 2007-08 Mid Essex 55,423 — 2008-09 Mid Essex 57,626 — 2009-10 Mid Essex 253,058 38,942 1 Primary care trust boundaries changed in 2006. 2 Provisional data up to end December 2009. These data include vaccination of frontline healthcare workers for which there are no data available for the primary care trust in earlier years. 3 Provisional data up to end of November 2009 (December 2009 data were not available at time of writing). These data include vaccination of frontline healthcare workers. The figure is for the number of people that have received at least one dose of vaccine. Most people only need one dose of swine influenza vaccine but some require two doses given at least three weeks apart (data on the number of people that have completed their vaccination course are not yet available).