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21/03/2014
Meningitis B Jab To Be Free For Babies
The life-saving vaccine against Meningitis B disease will be made free on the NHS for babies if an agreement is reached with the manufacturers.
It is a U-turn from the Government who rejected the rule last year .
The notice arrived among the increasing pressure from charities and senior doctors received a letter from doctors asking him to adopt the vaccine as a form of protecting young children from the illness.
A Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said in a statement: "The Department of Health will start negotiations with Novartis, which produces the only licensed vaccine, as soon as possible."
(CVS/CD)
It is a U-turn from the Government who rejected the rule last year .
The notice arrived among the increasing pressure from charities and senior doctors received a letter from doctors asking him to adopt the vaccine as a form of protecting young children from the illness.
A Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said in a statement: "The Department of Health will start negotiations with Novartis, which produces the only licensed vaccine, as soon as possible."
(CVS/CD)
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