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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the RSV vaccine is free of charge for people over 80.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
7 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the RSV vaccine is free of charge for people over 80.

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 May 2025

    Answer published

    In line with independent expert advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programmes were introduced in England in September 2024 to protect infants, via maternal vaccination, and...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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