Question follow-through · 101186

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure an adequate (a) supply and (b) distribution of the flu vaccine in (i) Bedfordshire and (ii) East of England, in light of the emergence of the H3N2 “sub

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
15 Jan 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure an adequate (a) supply and (b) distribution of the flu vaccine in (i) Bedfordshire and (ii) East of England, in light of the emergence of the H3N2 “sub

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The supply and distribution of flu vaccines for the majority of NHS England’s flu programme is managed by individual providers. NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) work with the pharmaceutical sector to support adequate supply, understan...

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