Meningitis: Young People
Commons · Question 123930 · Tabled 25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of awareness levels among teenagers and young adults regarding their risk of meningitis B.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 28 Apr 2026
In a 2023 survey of 1,003 teenagers aged 13 to 16 years old, when asked ‘How serious would it be if you got each of the following diseases?’ awareness of the seriousness of meningitis and septicaemia was very high. 98% of respondents answered that septica...