Question follow-through · 102550

Whooping Cough: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all pregnant women are offered the whooping cough vaccine at the optimal time in pregnancy.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jan 2026
Target answer date
6 Jan 2026
Answer
16 Jan 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all pregnant women are offered the whooping cough vaccine at the optimal time in pregnancy.

  2. 6 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    All pregnant women are offered the whooping cough vaccination in every pregnancy, around the time of the mid-pregnancy scan, usually 20 weeks, and ideally before 32 weeks, via midwifery in the community or their general practice.The Department is working ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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