Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will take steps to ensure that NHS England prioritises the uptake of pneumococcal vaccinations.

To improve the uptake across the pneumococcal programmes, vaccinations are offered all year round and general practitioners (GPs) proactively invite patients when they are eligible.

For the adult programme, this applies to those aged 65 years old and over and in the childhood programme, this applies to children aged 12 weeks, one year old and clinical risk groups at two years old and over. All parents are also actively encouraged to check their children’s vaccine records and contact their local GP if they have missed any vaccinations.