More than half of parents didn't get flu vaccine for children last year

The findings from 1,062 people show 53% of those surveyed revealing they hesitated to get their children the winter flu vaccine in the last year. 

Hesitancy around children’s flu vaccines is on the rise with over half of parents saying they did not get their child inoculated against this common winter illness last year.

This is despite 55% of parents saying their children missed time at school last winter due to the flu or flu-like illnesses, new research carried out for the Irish Patients Association (IPA) shows.