Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that NHS England provide the RSV vaccine to all relevant primary care practices by 1 September 2025 so that the vaccine can be delivered in advance of the peak transmission period of the virus.

NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) informed primary care practices on 24 June 2024 that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination would be included in the routine National Health Service-funded immunisations delivered as essential services under the GP Contract from 1 September 2024. The joint letter set out the availability and requirements for practices to order the vaccine through Immform from early August 2024. It made clear that practices are responsible for proactively inviting aged-based eligible patients for vaccination, and for providing the vaccine to eligible patients from 28 weeks of pregnancy, either opportunistically or on request. It was published and is available on the GOV.UK website, in an online only format. The UKHSA then made the RSV vaccine available for primary care practices to order through the Immform website, the usual site for ordering routine vaccine supplies, from 1 August 2024.