Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98114
Meningitis: Vaccination
Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Question
Jessica Toale
Labour — Bournemouth West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending routine NHS vaccination against Meningitis B to teenagers and first-year university students.
Answer
Ashley DaltonPolicy regarding vaccination programmes is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI keeps all vaccination programmes under review, and the meningococcal sub-committee have met a number of times over the pas...
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