Influenza: Vaccination
(asked on 12th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people living with a severe mental illness are able to receive a flu vaccination in winter 2022-23.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 16th December 2022
People with severe mental ill-health are eligible for a free flu vaccine where they have other clinical conditions which would increase the risk of serious complications. Health professionals will make clinical assessments to consider the impact of flu infection on an individual’s pre-existing condition.