A question on #RespiratorySyncytialVirus #Vaccination tabled by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick on 22-04-2025 has been answered by Baroness Merron.

Heading: Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination
Question ID: 1795950
UIN: HL6741
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-04-22
Asking Member ID: 4130
Asking Member display name: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Asking Member handle: MRitchieSD
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MRitchieSD
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Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK’s vaccination programme for infant respiratory syncytial virus relative to other comparable countries with differing approaches such as the Republic of Ireland, Spain a
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Date answered: 2025-04-30
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Answering Member ID: 347
Answering Member display name: Baroness Merron
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Baroness Merron
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Answer text: The United Kingdom’s maternal immunisation programme to protect infants started in September 2024 and is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI last met in February 2025 and noted promising data shared co...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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