The latest NHS immunisation statistics for 1 April 2014- 31 March 2015, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), show that the number of children in England receiving the first dose of the MMR vaccine fell from 92.7 per cent in 2013-14 to 92.3 in 2014-15.
While there has only been a slight fall in the number taking up the vaccine, it is the first year since 2007-08 that there hasn’t been a rise.
The MMR is offered to children between 12-13 months. They usually receive the second dose before they start school, normally when they are between three and five years of age.
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