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1679397

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been vaccinated against flu this winter in Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	7831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>As of 10 January 2024, 27,425 flu vaccinations have been administered to the eligible population in the Romford constituency since the start of the 2023/24 flu campaign.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/01/2024 14:30:18 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1677314

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of the eligible population received the NHS flu vaccine by 12 December in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	6518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/12/2023 14:09:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1677394

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment she has made of the levels of flu vaccine uptake between 2022 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	6558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Monthly data, including data for previous seasons, for general practice patients, school-aged children, and frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-uptake#seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake:-figures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-uptake#seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake:-figures</a></p><p>The following table shows the weekly influenza vaccine uptake between the period of 1 September 2022 to 31 March 2023 and that of 1 September 2023 to 31 March 2024, for children aged two and three years old, people aged 65 years old and over, pregnant women, people aged under 65 years old in clinical risk groups, HCWs, primary school-aged children and secondary school-aged children:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Group</p></td><td><p>1 September 2022 to 31 March 2023</p></td><td><p>1 September 2023 to 31 March 2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children aged two years old</p></td><td><p>35.4%</p></td><td><p>40.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children aged three years old</p></td><td><p>37.6%</p></td><td><p>40.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People aged 65 years old and over</p></td><td><p>76.7%</p></td><td><p>75.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pregnant women</p></td><td><p>30.5%</p></td><td><p>27.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People aged under 65 years old in clinical risk groups</p></td><td><p>43.4%</p></td><td><p>38.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HCWs</p></td><td><p>30.9%</p></td><td><p>28.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary school-aged children</p></td><td><p>21.4%</p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secondary school-aged children</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/12/2023 15:51:59 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1672657

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to promote the uptake of influenza vaccinations.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	3530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>Throughout autumn and winter, the Government and the National Health Service are encouraging those that are eligible to take up the Influenza (flu) and COVID-19 vaccination offer. A range of communications are in place to ensure those eligible are aware of the offer. This includes:</p><p> </p><p>- NHS England’s national call/recall programme which coordinates mail and text message prompts to those eligible; in addition to communications from general practices and pharmacies;</p><p>- an extensive public information, media and external affairs communications programme;</p><p>- a paid Winter Vaccinations campaign ‘Get vaccinated. Get winter strong’, which launched on 1 November 2023 and is running up to 17 December 2023 across a range of broadcast and digital channels supported by audience tailored activity;</p><p>- a health and social care workforce communications programme; and</p><p>- provision by NHS England of financial arrangements to encourage providers to accelerate take up of both vaccines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 3529 question first answered 29/11/2023 16:46:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1663326

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of flu vaccination across (a) support staff and (b) other professions working in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	201180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>All providers delivering services under the NHS Standard Contract are contractually responsible for ensuring that all eligible frontline staff in contact with service users are vaccinated for flu. NHS England policy is to ensure all frontline patient facing staff working in Trusts are offered a flu vaccination.</p><p>NHS England is making best us of established networks to encourage uptake of flu vaccination by frontline health and care workers. This is being achieved using owned communication channels to target National Health Service and care staff and encouraging stakeholders, employers, and Government departments to share messaging, content and case studies with frontline professionals, their members and service users.</p><p>NHS England has developed a set of over 85 creative assets for local sites to use for the current seasonal flu campaign, including an FAQ leaflet and core messages, which have been available to order as print copies from Campaign Resource Centre since August 2023 with digital versions available to download throughout the campaign.</p><p>NHS England is also sharing regularly updated messaging, as well as highlighting and sharing best practice with its employer networks and reminding them of their responsibility to ensure staff are physically and mentally fit for work.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/10/2023 11:01:52 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1658484

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government under what circumstances they would consider reintroducing the 50-to-64-year-old age cohort into the flu vaccine programme, as was the case during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL9899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s policy on groups eligible for flu vaccination is based on the recommendation of the independent expert body the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the JCVI was supportive of the temporary expansion of the influenza programme to extend eligibility to all adults aged between 50 and 64 years of age to protect the population from the potential threat of co-circulation of COVID-19 and flu and alleviate pressure on the National Health Service. This was the policy for both the 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 seasons.</p><p>The success of the COVID-19 vaccination programme and a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infection means that we are now able to return eligibility for the flu vaccination programme back to the approach taken pre-pandemic.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 13/09/2023 13:27:08 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1658485

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of expanding the portion of the flu immunisation programme delivered by community pharmacies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL9900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>National Health Service providers determine how many seasonal flu vaccines to buy each year based on their local populations, eligible cohorts and uptake ambitions for the NHS programme as outlined in the annual flu system letter. The letter, published on 25 May 2023, is based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation who review the latest evidence on flu vaccines and advise on the type of vaccine to be offered to different age groups and on which vaccines should be prioritised for various at-risk groups.</p><p>In 2022/23, approximately 9,800 out of a total of around 10,800 community pharmacies delivered flu vaccinations in England. In the same year, approximately 700 community pharmacies piloted using the NHS National Booking Scheme for flu appointments for the first time. In terms of this year’s programme, all community pharmacies delivering COVID-19 vaccinations will be expected to deliver flu vaccines too. All pharmacies will be given the functionality to offer flu appointments via the national booking system with the aim of increasing coadministration of COVID-19 and flu vaccinations.</p><p>The community pharmacy service is currently an advanced service, which means it is commissioned nationally and any contractor that meets the criteria for the service can deliver it. We do not expect a significant change to be seen to the proportion of seasonal flu vaccination programme being delivered by community pharmacies, which is estimated to be approximately 86% total number of community pharmacies, in 2023/24.</p><p>In terms of this year’s programme, all community pharmacies delivering COVID-19 vaccinations will be expected to deliver flu vaccines too. All pharmacies will be given the functionality to offer flu appointments via the national booking system with the aim of increasing coadministration of COVID-19 and flu vaccinations.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 13/09/2023 13:36:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1655862

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department makes an estimate of the timescale for manufacturing influenza vaccines to (a) inform its decision on eligibility for the annual NHS influenza immunisation programme and (b) ensure the adequacy of supply of those vaccines across the country.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	195971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation regularly discuss with the vaccine manufacturing industry issues such as the availability of new and existing vaccines, and manufacturing lead in times. Their advice about which flu vaccines are to be used for the coming season is informed by these discussions. An effective programme depends on a reliable supply of vaccine. It takes approximately five to six months for the first supplies of approved vaccine to become available once a new strain of influenza virus is identified and isolated.</p><p>National Health Service providers determine how many seasonal flu vaccines to buy for eligible cohorts each year based on their local populations, as outlined in the annual flu system letter. The letter, published on 25 May 2023, is based on the advice of the JCVI, which reviews the latest evidence on flu vaccines and advises on the type of vaccine to be offered to different age groups and on which vaccines should be prioritised for various at-risk groups.</p><p>General practitioners and community pharmacists are responsible for ordering their own flu vaccines for the adult population from suppliers. These are then used to deliver the national flu vaccination programme, with deliveries phased through the season to help mitigate against risks of wastage, cold chain failure and to adequately cover the peaks and flows of local demand.</p><p>NHS England encourages their contractors to purchase vaccines from more than one manufacturer to mitigate against the risk of supply issues. Regional NHS England commissioners, in partnership with their local systems, also make assessments of the amount of vaccine available in their area to ensure there is enough supply to meet public demand.</p><p>The UK Health Security Agency secures and supplies a sufficient volume of flu vaccines used in the children’s flu programme to ensure that eligible children aged less than 18 years old who present for vaccination can be offered an appropriate vaccine.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/09/2023 15:27:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1655863

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to ask the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to update the baseline modelling and assumptions it uses to make decisions on the cost-effectiveness of vaccinating specific age cohorts against seasonal influenza.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	195972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>For the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to formally revisit the cost-effectiveness of vaccinating specific age cohorts against seasonal influenza, an up-to-date impact and cost effectiveness analysis would be required, and the UK Health Security Agency is in the process of updating the influenza model using more recent data, including accounting for changes due to the pandemic.</p><p>There is currently uncertainty on any longer-term changes because of the pandemic to social contact patterns and the activity of flu in the population for a fully robust update to cost effectiveness analysis in the short term.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/09/2023 14:16:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1656837

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has held with community pharmacies on the start date for the NHS flu vaccination programme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	196527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>This year, as is usual, the Department, NHS England and Community Pharmacy England negotiated the service specifications for the annual flu vaccination service in community pharmacy. These discussions included the start date of the National Health Service flu vaccination programme.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 11/09/2023 15:37:35 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden