Question follow-through · 40962

Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering the RSV vaccination to people over the age of 65.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
26 Mar 2025
Answer
1 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering the RSV vaccination to people over the age of 65.

  2. 26 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The policy for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme is based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), an independent expert advisory committee. That advice is provided to the Government to inform, develop, an...

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