Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination

(asked on 26th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2018 to Question 127076, if he will request that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation carry out a public consultation on its advice to implement a revised schedule for the infant pneumococcal vaccination programme.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 6th March 2018

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) provides independent expert advice on the United Kingdom immunisation programme. It bases its recommendations on review of a wide range of scientific and other evidence, including from the published literature, and commissioned studies such as independent analyses of vaccine effectiveness and cost effectiveness. It can consult with stakeholders on its advice when it deems this necessary.

In January, the JCVI commenced a short, focused stakeholder consultation on its proposed advice about a change to the UK’s childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedule. The JCVI is currently consulting on and reviewing its advice and will agree its final advice at a future Committee meeting. The JCVI is best placed to identify who to consult in order to obtain evidence to inform its advice.

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