Question follow-through · 2277
Meningitis: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of meningitis vaccines.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of meningitis vaccines.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to stabilising and improving the uptake and access of vaccines, including those that protect against meningitis, across all immunisation programmes. This includes expanding routes to access, such as community pharmacies, as set...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of additional workforce capacity required to deliver the rollout of NHS-funded Independent Prescribing services from Autumn 2026.
Primary Care: Pharmacy
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Pharmacy: Training
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase levels of funding to support pharmacists undertaking Independent Prescribing qualifications.
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