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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Dave Clark

Children from struggling families to be offered at-home vaccines in £2m scheme

A new Government pilot scheme will see health visitors deliver vaccinations directly to children from vulnerable families in their homes across various parts of England.

The £2 million initiative aims to boost immunisation rates, following new figures that revealed no single childhood vaccine in England met the crucial 95 per cent target required to prevent diseases from spreading among young people.

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