Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2026
Rejected on Wednesday 22nd April 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Start Meningitis B vaccine catch-up for all teenagers and young adults
I call on the U.K. government to introduce a Meningitis B catch-up vaccination scheme for all teenagers and young adults at university.
The Men B vaccine was introduced
for babies in 2015. Teenagers & young adults who are at great risk from this deadly disease have not been eligible
My brother died from Men B at 16. Now there is a vaccine available for this Men B this should be provided to all teenagers & young adults to prevent death or permanent disability. No family should have to go through what we went through.
Men B accounts for 86.2% of cases of meningitis in the U.K. and was the cause of all meningococcal disease cases in 15 to 19 year olds in 2024/25. It has a death rate of 10%
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vaccination-crucial-as-meningitis-cases-increase
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for similar action: "Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/764623
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