Meningitis: Vaccination
Commons · Question 122905 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his department has taken to roll-out the Men-B vaccination to vulnerable people.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 14 Apr 2026
The risk of infection to the wider population remains low. This is because transmission of meningitis B (MenB) requires close and prolonged contact to spread. Examples of this include living in the same household and intimate contact such as kissing or sh...