Influenza: Vaccination

(asked on 13th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that vulnerable people receive a flu vaccination before winter 2020-21.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 29th May 2020

Flu vaccination starts in September each year. Public Health England is developing a marketing campaign, which will be launched ahead of the flu season, to encourage uptake of flu vaccination amongst those who are most at risk of flu.

We have also published the Annual Flu letter 2020/21 to ensure that local areas have plans to deliver activities to encourage those in at risk groups to have the vaccine. The letter is available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/884718/Annual_flu_letter_short_2020_to_2021_v8__002_.pdf

To increase patient choice, adults who are eligible will be able to access the vaccine through their local community pharmacy, as well as via their general practice.

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