Influenza: Vaccination
(asked on 27th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation that future flu vaccinations be provided for all 2-18-year-olds in England.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation published advice on 30 November 2022 regarding the 2023/24 seasonal flu vaccination programme. The Government is considering this advice for England, noting the approach to vaccinating children against flu in the other United Kingdom nations. Details about which cohorts will be offered a free seasonal flu vaccine in England in 2023/24 and which vaccines they will be offered will be set out in due course.