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Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what evidential basis the minimum age for free covid-19 inoculations to be offered by the NHS, other than for people with particular vulnerabilities, was set at 75; and what information his Depa

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
11 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what evidential basis the minimum age for free covid-19 inoculations to be offered by the NHS, other than for people with particular vulnerabilities, was set at 75; and what information his Depa

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19 through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).The primary aim of the national COVID-19 vaccination programme remains the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Palliative Care: Children

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Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will answer Question 85056 on Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments, tabled on 26 October for named day response by 30 October.

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Mefloquine: Veterans

12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken with the Secretary of State for Defence to ensure that NHS practitioners are informed of the vulnerability to suicidal ideation of veterans impacted by Lariam; and what step

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Parkinson's Disease: Research

12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the Westminster Hall debate on Parkinson's disease on 17 November 2025, col. 230W

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prostate Cancer: Screening

9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average national unit cost is to the NHS for a local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy, used in prostate cancer detection; and how that cost is calculated.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prostate Cancer: Screening

9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the recent review by the UK National Screening Committee of evidence on prostate cancer screening considered the potential value for money of adopting (a) shorter and (b) simplified MRI pro

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Patients: Travel

9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for financial support for patients required to travel very long distances to access (a) stem cell transplants, (b) CAR-T immunotherapy and (c) other specialist treatments; what re

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Naloxone

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase awareness of naloxone as an effective emergency treatment among (a) people at risk of opioid overdose and (b) people who may witness an opioid overdose.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hemiplegia: Children

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to promote the drafting of NICE guidelines on early intervention by clinicians to treat infants diagnosed with Hemiplegia; and what recent assessment his department ha

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to supply the Patient Safety Commissioner, by 16 July 2026, with the information she has formally requested on (a) Government discussions, (b) actions taken across Government

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve (a) awareness and (b) early diagnosis of osteoporosis before people suffer bone fractures as a result of the disease.