Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 26780

Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

Tabled: 27 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Sojan Joseph

LabourAshford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring that adults aged over 60 with pre-existing conditions are included in the respiratory syncytial virus vaccination program

Answer

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) keeps all vaccine programmes under review and will continue to update its advice as new evidence emerges. In October 2024, the JCVI agreed that it would need to formally review, in detail, the evi...

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