Flu vaccination programme in England

Contents

Terms of reference

Summary

1 Introduction

Our Inquiry

2 Flu vaccination programme 2017–18

Disease burden in the 2017/18 season

Flu vaccines offered in the 2017/18 season

What viruses were in the vaccines?

UK vaccine recommendations

Trivalent vs quadrivalent—what impact did this have?

New recommendations for the 2018/19 season

Quadrivalent vaccine for all eligible groups under

Adjuvanted vaccine for the over 65s

3 Vaccine uptake

Healthcare workers

A mandated vaccination programme for healthcare workers

Social Care workers

4 Vaccine procurement in England

GP procurement for the flu vaccination programme

Should all flu vaccinations be centrally procured?

5 Future developments in flu vaccination

A universal flu vaccine?

Leaving the European Union

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament




Published: 18 October 2018