Influenza: Vaccination

(asked on 18th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the temporary expansion in 2021/21 of eligibility for the free seasonal flu vaccination on the uptake of the flu vaccination among 50–64 year olds that were not in a clinical risk group.


Answered by
Lord Kamall Portrait
Lord Kamall
This question was answered on 2nd November 2021

During the 2020/21 flu season, the 50 to 64 year old cohort was introduced to the vaccination programme from 1 December 2020, subject to prioritisation of other eligible groups and vaccine supply. The end of season uptake for 50 to 64 year olds not in a clinical risk group was 35.2%.

For the 2021/22 flu season, the 50 to 64 year old age group were eligible from 1 September 2021. The latest available data shows that 15.4% of the cohort who are not in a clinical risk group have been vaccinated.

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