Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Meningitis B vaccine to be made available on the NHS.
The Department is continuing negotiations with the manufacturer to seek supply of the meningococcal B vaccine, Bexsero® at a cost-effective price as recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Imunisation. These negotiations will be completed as quickly as practicable.