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NHS England has for the last three years carried out a ‘state of readiness’ assessment for the administration of the winter flu vaccine with the NHS England local public health commissioning teams.

Public Health England (PHE) supplies flu vaccines for the children’s flu programme. Sufficient vaccine has been procured in the last three years to ensure that all eligible children who present for vaccination can be offered the appropriate vaccine.

General practitioners are responsible for ordering from manufacturers sufficient flu vaccinations for other eligible groups in their population. PHE and NHS England have for the last three years worked closely with the flu vaccine manufacturers on the supply of sufficient vaccines. In particular, in 2018/19, NHS England worked closely with the manufacturer of the vaccines for the over 65s and service providers to manage the phased delivery of supplies to ensure satisfactory uptake rates were achieved.

","South Ribble","Seema Kennedy","2019-07-15T16:33:58.517Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1137745/answer","Biography information for Seema Kennedy","17","Health and Social Care","Health and Social Care","2019-07-09","Influenza: Vaccination","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of (a) preparedness and (b) stocks of medicine for the administration of the winter flu jab in each of the last three years.","false","Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell","East Londonderry","Mr Gregory Campbell","275128"