Vaccination

(asked on 20th July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring his Department undertakes of the implementation of guidance in the document, Immunisation against infectious disease, and the section 7A agreement between his Department and NHS England.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 9th September 2015

‘Immunisation against infectious disease’ contains guidance for healthcare professionals including for immunisation programmes commissioned under the section 7A Agreement. NHS England is obliged to implement these programmes in accordance with this guidance under the NHS public health functions agreement 2015-16: Core service specification- National immunisation programme.

Implementation of immunisation programmes under the section 7A agreement is kept under review by the Immunisation Programme Board, the NHS Public Health (section 7A) Functions Steering Group and the Senior Oversight Group. In addition, quarterly assurance reports are provided on delivery against the agreed outcomes of all immunisation programmes under the agreement.

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