Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71541

Meningitis

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Anneliese Midgley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK Health Security Agency has undertaken any recent analysis of the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in age groups currently not eligible for NHS vaccination; and if he will

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The United Kingdom’s world‑leading vaccination programmes against invasive meningococcal disease have resulted in substantial declines in incidence across all age groups since the introduction of the first meningococcal group C (MenC) vaccine in 1999.The ...

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