Tuberculosis: Vaccination
(asked on 11th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination available on the NHS to all babies and children under the age of 16.
This question was answered on 16th October 2017
The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunisation programme is a risk-based programme, with the key component being the neonatal programme which targets those most at risk from or exposure to tuberculosis. The BCG vaccine is also offered to at risk individuals under the age of 16. There are no plans to extend this further.