Children’s vaccinations and development checks prevent hospital admissions

Children who receive nursery vaccinations and development checks are less likely to be admitted to hospital during childhood years. This is the finding of the largest ever analysis examining how infant vaccinations and NHS development checks in primary care are linked to children's risk of emergency hospital admissions. This study shows getting your child vaccinated safeguards their future health Professor Sonia Saxena Study author The study , by researchers from Imperial College London , tracked 319,730 children in England from birth for 13 years from 2000 to 2013. The results, published in the journal BMC Medicine , suggest up to 13,500 children a year in England may be missing out on vaccines, and 83,000 may be missing development checks. The researchers, from Imperial's School of Public Health , revealed infants who did not receive their vaccinations were twice as likely to be have an emergency hospital admission than children who received their vaccinations. Young children normally have a one in four risk of being admitted to hospital in their first year of life - the research team revealed that for infants who do not receive their vaccinations, this risk increases to one in two. Preventing measles.