Influenza: Fuel Poverty
Commons · Question 4382 · Tabled 5 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to target people living in fuel poverty for the flu vaccine.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 11 Sep 2024
The Department currently have no such plans. The current eligibility criteria are based on the advice of the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). Adults aged 65 years old and older are eligible for the influenza vaccination....