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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

Commons · Question 40962 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Apr 2025

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Asked by John Milne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering the RSV vaccination to people over the age of 65.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 1 Apr 2025

The policy for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme is based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), an independent expert advisory committee. That advice is provided to the Government to inform, develop, an...