Submitted on Wednesday 16th September 2015
Published on Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Signatures: 4,814
Make MenB (meningococcal B) vaccine available free for all infants on the NHS.
The NHS is only funding vaccinations for infants born after the 1/5/15 and is forcing parents of infants born before this date to pay privately for 3-4 doses; costing approximately £130 each. All infants deserve protection against this serious illness and it should not have to come at a price.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommended that the MenB vaccine be offered to babies at 2, 4 and 12 months of age in March 2014. It was announced that all UK babies would be vaccinated against meningococcal B (MenB) disease as part of the national childhood immunisation programme in March 2015.
Why did it take till 1/9/15 for the immunisations to start and why only for infants born from the 1/5/15?
More information can be found at: http://www.meningitis.org/menb-vaccine
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