
Positive lessons have been learned during COVID-19, particularly the speed with which the NHS embraced digital solutions and delivered a successful vaccination programme.
Protecting the population
Protecting populations from getting sick and eradicating disease is a global priority.
Positive lessons have been learned during COVID-19, particularly the speed with which the NHS embraced digital solutions and delivered a successful vaccination programme.
We know that vaccination programmes are most effective when you can identify the right people at the right time. Contacting the hard to reach groups and identifying ways to encourage uptake are major challenges faced in health and care today.
We've been working at the forefront of vaccination delivery for both winter flu 2020/21 and COVID-19, and have been a leading partner in improving immunisation uptake across the nation. We have expertise, innovation and insight to share.
Positive lessons have been learned during COVID-19, particularly the speed with which the NHS embraced digital solutions and delivered a successful vaccination programme.
We know that vaccination programmes are most effective when you can identify the right people at the right time. Contacting the hard to reach groups and identifying ways to encourage uptake are major challenges faced in health and care today.
We've been working at the forefront of vaccination delivery for both winter flu 2020/21 and COVID-19, and have been a leading partner in improving immunisation uptake across the nation. We have expertise, innovation and insight to share.

NHS Immunisation Management Service
The NHS Immunisation Management Service supports the enhanced winter flu programme and the national COVID-19 vaccination programme by supporting and optimising the uptake of vaccinations for the natio...

Challenges and opportunities for the national childhood immunisation programme
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, primary care services have faced unprecedented challenges in delivering both the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and the continued delivery of the national childhood ...

Creating an immunisation and screening service that leaves nobody behind
Given the current economic climate, I feel in a fortunate position to be heading away for an abroad holiday this summer. We go in the coming days seeking that glorious foreign weather….. but with the ...
Using geospatial analysis to help the NHS vaccinate millions of people as quickly as possible
We are very proud to have been awarded the Analytical Insights award at this years' EsriUK Customer Success awards. Read more about the award.
Find out more about our GIS services.
Find out more about our GIS services.
A programme like no other...
Liz Howarth, PMO Director COVID-19 Vaccines Deployment Programme and Mark Angus, Deputy PMO Leadership and Oversight Lead, delivered the keynote session at this year’s PMO conference held on 3 November 2021. They shared the challenges and successes of how the central PMO came together to support the delivery of the first vaccination in December 2020 and the subsequent millions of vaccinations since.
This video relays their experiences and those of the whole team on this fast-paced programme, likened to building the wings whilst the plane is flying.
Find out more about a programme like no other.
This video relays their experiences and those of the whole team on this fast-paced programme, likened to building the wings whilst the plane is flying.
Find out more about a programme like no other.
PMO Conference 2021 - COVID-19 Vaccination Deployment Programme
Case studies

Creating a national immunisation service
In May 2020 there was serious concern within NHSE/I around the potential for a high prevalence of flu during the coronavirus pandemic. A solution was urgently needed to help increase immunisation upta...

Deprivation and ethnicity: Improving immunisation uptake across the UK
In July 2020, we were commissioned by NHS England to deliver the national Immunisation Management Service (IMS) for influenza. This service would be a keystone in the Government’s enhanced winter flu ...

How a specialist team helped GPs to reduce variation in immunisation uptake
How SCW’s Improving Immunisation Uptake (IIU) team delivered a significant reduction in the variation of immunisation uptake across the Thames Valley and an overall increase in uptake of childhood imm...
Our services

Improving Immunisation Uptake Team
The Improving Immunisation Uptake Team (IIUT) is a specialist team that works closely with and is part of, SCW’s Child Health Information Services (CHIS). The IIUT are focused on reducing variation in...

Child Health Information Services (CHIS)
Child Health Information Services (CHIS) is an NHS-commissioned service that is responsible for collating data from healthcare professionals for children aged 0-19 in a specified area, into a single c...

Population health analytics
Population health analytics provides critical information to support population health management planning, by predicting both individual healthcare journeys to deliver person-centred care, and the co...
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Pioneering the Improving Immunisation Uptake Team initiative
How SCW’s Improving Immunisation Uptake Team (IIUT) initiative began, and how this pioneering service has evolved since its inception.
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More case studies

Winter modelling in BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire
Our business intelligence (BI) team was engaged by BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to develop a system-wide demand and capacity model to support winter planning. Also, ...

Designing a sustainable integrated dermatology service with Somerset ICS
We supported an evolving ICS to develop an integrated dermatology service that is financially and clinically sustainable.
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Can using teledermatology reduce waiting lists in skin disease?
Implementing safe and effective teledermatology triage pathways and processes can reduce waiting times, footfall into Community Services and Acute Trusts, and improve patient outcomes. We delivered a ...

Exploring the need for education about genomics
Health Education England (HEE) were keen to know how much training was needed for key clinical areas across the south west of England to be comfortable working with genomics. An understanding of the e...

Delivering an effective vaccination programme for the South East region
COVID-19 has been the single greatest public health emergency in the history of the NHS. As well as continuing to provide care for people who needed it, the NHS contributed to the important global eff...

Improving patient experience of Rapid Diagnostic Services for cancer
As part of the evaluation of the new Rapid Diagnosis Services (RDS) pathways, we worked with Peninsula Cancer Alliance (PCA) to conduct surveys of patient experiences. The results were used to inform ...