Question follow-through · 77916
Influenza: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for potential flu outbreaks in winter 2025-26.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 142 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for potential flu outbreaks in winter 2025-26.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
We have done more than ever to prepare for winter this year with the development and better testing of winter plans. This includes surge capacity and escalation plans for urgent and emergency care.The flu vaccination programme began on 1 September 2025 fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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