Written question asked by Lord Jopling (Conservative) on Monday, 1 October 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 October 2018. It was answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative) on Monday, 15 October 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Vaccination: Emergency Services
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of each of the emergency services have been vaccinated against (1) smallpox, and (2) anthrax; what percentage of the total staff of each service this represents; and of those vaccinated, how many will need to be vaccinated again in the next year.
- Answer
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There are no active vaccination programmes against smallpox or anthrax for any of the emergency services.
Vaccines can be made available to first responders responding to a confirmed anthrax incident if required. The Government still holds the smallpox vaccine for use against certain strains of orthopox viruses if required.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL10420
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Emergency services Vaccination Smallpox Anthrax
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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