Written question asked by Tracy Brabin (Labour) on Friday, 17 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 March 2017 (named day). It was answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 March 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

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Influenza: Vaccination

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings in respect of the potential link between the pandemic, vaccination and narcolepsy of the study, Risk of narcolepsy in children and young people receiving AS03 adjuvanted pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine: retrospective analysis, published in the British Medical Journal in 2013.

Answer

The potential association between AS03 adjuvanted pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine and narcolepsy is a consideration in on-going legal proceedings so it would not be appropriate to comment at this stage.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

68423

Session

2016-17

Subjects

Children Young people Vaccination Influenza Narcolepsy

Link

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