Question follow-through · 123724

Meningitis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role community pharmacy could play in providing a MenB vaccine catch-up service to students and young people at risk.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
20 Apr 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role community pharmacy could play in providing a MenB vaccine catch-up service to students and young people at risk.

  2. 13 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is looking to expand the number of vaccines offered in community pharmacies across the country through local, targeted vaccination programmes. This has already started with NHS England commissioning some community pharmacies in the Midlands...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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