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To: Department of Health
Meningitis B Vaccine Available for all Children
The Meningitis B vaccination is only available on the NHS to new born babies. If parents want their child, who was born before summer 2015, to have the vaccine, they have to pay for it. There is a shortage of the vaccine and subsequently children are dying or surviving with life changing side effects. The Secretary of State for Health needs to urgently readdress this and make the vaccine available to all school age children with immediate effect.
Why is this important?
I had bacterial meningitis when I was 22. I was fortunate to survive. Meningitis & Septicaemia is the biggest killer of under 5 year olds. There is a vaccine to prevent this but parents have to pay for it. Too many children are needlessly dying because the Department of Health has not funded a thorough enough vaccination programme. They and the Government, our employees, need to hear our collective voice and demand this free vaccination
