Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on making available improved influenza products to protect vulnerable people and people aged over 65.

General practitioners (GPs) can order inactivated influenza vaccine directly from manufacturers. The current influenza vaccines have generally provided an important level of protection to elderly people.

Influenza vaccines are authorised for use in the United Kingdom following a thorough review of efficacy, safety and quality by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency or the European Medicines Agency. A new adjuvanted vaccine is available for GPs to order for use in the 2018/19 season.