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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

Commons · Question 3791 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for not extending the respiratory syncytial virus immunisation programme to all children under the age of one year.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 9 Sep 2024

There are currently no approved respiratory syncytial virus vaccines for children under the age of one year. This is a dynamic area and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, supported by The UK Health Security Agency, is continuing to keep ...