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<p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) provides independent
expert advice on the United Kingdom immunisation programme. It bases its recommendations
on review of a wide range of scientific and other evidence, including from the published
literature, and commissioned studies such as independent analyses of vaccine effectiveness
and cost effectiveness. It can consult with stakeholders on its advice when it deems
this necessary.</p><p>Between January and April 2018, the JCVI undertook a focused
stakeholder consultation on its proposed advice about a change to the UK’s childhood
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedule. The JCVI is well placed to carry out stakeholder
consultation to ensure the latest and most appropriate evidence has been considered
on potential changes to scheduling within the vaccine programme, including identifying
who to target to obtain the evidence it needs to inform its advice. It is the JCVI
rather than the Government that is best placed to carry out consultation about scheduling
within the vaccine programme and who to target the consultation at.</p>
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