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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-09-03more like thismore than 2021-09-03
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Coronavirus: Vaccination more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether coeliac disease is an eligible condition for children to receive the covid-19 vaccination; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children's eligibility for that vaccination is decided consistently across GP practices. more like this
tabling member constituency York Outer more like this
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Julian Sturdy more like this
uin 41854 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-09-10more like thismore than 2021-09-10
answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advises that asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen constitutes a risk group for the purpose of COVID-19 vaccination of children. Hyposplenism or reduced spleen function in coeliac disease is uncommon in children and the prevalence correlates with the duration of exposure to gluten. Therefore, children diagnosed with coeliac disease early in life whose condition is well managed are unlikely to require vaccination.</p><p>Clinical judgment should be applied in identifying these children on a case by case basis.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon remove filter
answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-09-10T09:17:38.95Zmore like thismore than 2021-09-10T09:17:38.95Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi more like this
tabling member
4079
label Biography information for Julian Sturdy more like this