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Scottish Immunisation Recall System (SIRS)

Summary

Abstract

The primary aim of the Scottish Immunisation & Recall System (SIRS) is to ensure that children under the age of six years receive the appropriate immunisation according to the UK childhood immunisation schedule.

Keywords

Immunisation HDRUK

Publisher

  • Identifier
    7
  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo
  • Description
    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board. We are uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
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Documentation

Description

The Scottish Immunisation & Recall System began in 1987 and has been used by all NHS boards since 2002 when it incorporated the GIRS (Grampian Immunisation & Recall System). The primary aim of the Scottish Immunisation & Recall System (SIRS) is to ensure that children under the age of six years receive the appropriate immunisation according to the UK childhood immunisation schedule. SIRS calls children when a scheduled vaccination is due and allows recording of immunisation data. The dataset also includes data on HPV (Human papillomavirus) and the teenage booster immunisations and is used conjunction with the data on the Child Health Surveillance Programme School system (CHSP School) to monitor the uptake of teenage immunisations routinely given in schools.

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/2002
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Continuous
  • Distribution release date
    Not available

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Administrative
  • Source
    Not available
  • Collection situation
    Not available

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Institution-specific restrictions, Not for profit use
  • Resource creator
    National Services Scotland
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    text, csv

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
    • Not available
  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

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