Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71542
Meningitis: Vaccination
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Anneliese Midgley
Labour — Knowsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider extending NHS provision of the (a) Meningitis ACWY and (b) Bexsero vaccines to those who are currently ineligible under the national immunisation programme.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Government relies on expert advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) when making decisions about which vaccines are offered through the NHS.The JCVI has advised that extending the Meningitis ACWY vaccine to infants or tod...
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