Pneumococcal Disease: Vaccination

(asked on 17th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213785, under what circumstances additional modelling would be required by the pneumococcal disease sub-committee of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.


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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 24th November 2014

Modelling conducted by Public Health England (PHE) will use information that includes the latest epidemiological data on pneumococcal disease in the United Kingdom. PHE will report its findings to the Pneumococcal Sub-committee. In addition to reports received from PHE, the Sub-committee will consider information including, but not limited to, reports provided by vaccine manufacturers. The Pneumococcal Sub-committee may request revised or additional modelling if the additional evidence considered suggests that there might be a substantial impact on the results of the original modelling conducted by PHE.

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