Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the NHS does not ration access to vaccinations based on cost.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), an independent expert group, advises the Government on the United Kingdom’s vaccination programmes and who should be eligible for them. The JCVI bases its recommendations on review of a wide range of scientific and other evidence including from the published literature and commissioned studies such as independent analyses of vaccine effectiveness and cost effectiveness. This aims to ensure that vaccination programmes improve the public’s health and provide good value for money.