Minutes of meetings relating to meningococcal vaccines

Kenneth MacArthur

Dear Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) Secretariat,

I am writing to make a request for information under section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please can you provide the minutes of all JCVI meetings at which the issue of meningococcal vaccines was discussed. For the avoidance of doubt, "meningococcal vaccines" includes MenC vaccines, Hib/MenC vaccines, MenB vaccines, and MenACWY vaccines.

If providing this information for all time would take the request over the cost limit, please go as far back in time as is possible while remaining within the cost limit.

Yours faithfully,

Kenneth MacArthur

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Information

All of JCVI’s advice can be found using the following link, and are listed
below [1]https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=J...

Minutes of JCVI meetings can be found at:
[2]https://app.box.com/s/iddfb4ppwkmtjusir2tc

Guidance on the UK vaccination programmes can be found within the
publication Immunisation Against Infectious Diseases, also known as ‘the
Green Book’ at:

[3]https://www.gov.uk/government/collection...

A direct link to ‘Chapter 14a – Covid-19’:
[4]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

Recent JCVI statements, advice, and press releases (most recent first)

·       Independent Report: Monkeypox outbreak - Vaccine dose
prioritisation (23 September 2022):
[5]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Independent Report: COVID-19 Autumn 2022 booster programme -
update to advice of 15 August 2022 (03 September 2022): 
[6]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Independent Report: COVID-19 vaccines for autumn 2022: JCVI advice
(15 August 2022):
[7]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Press Release: JCVI publishes advice on COVID-19 vaccines for
autumn booster programme (15 August 2022):
[8]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       Independent Report: Vaccination strategy for ongoing polio
incident: JCVI statement (10 August 2022):
[9]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Independent Report: Single dose of HPV vaccine: JCVI concluding
advice (5 August 2022):
[10]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       News story: JCVI advises move to 1 dose of HPV vaccine for
adolescents (5 August 2022):
[11]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       Independent Report: JCVI interim statement on changes to the
childhood immunisation schedule (5 August 2022):
[12]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Independent Report: COVID-19 Autumn 2022 booster updated statement
(15 July 2022):
[13]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Press Release: COVID-19 Autumn 2022 booster eligible groups
announced (15 July 2022):
[14]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-...

·       Independent Report: JCVI interim advice on COVID-19 autumn 2022
booster programme (20 May 2022):
[15]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       News Story: JCVI Interim advice on COVID-19 Autumn 2022 booster
(19 May 2022):
[16]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       JCVI statement: COVID-19 vaccinations in 2022 (Spring Booster)(21
February 2022):
[17]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Press Release: JCVI advises a spring COVID-19 vaccine dose for the
most vulnerable (21 February 2022):
[18]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       JCVI statement: Vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years old (16
February 2022):
[19]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Press Release: JCVI updates advice on COVID-19 vaccinations for 5
to 11 age group (16 February 2022):
[20]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       JCVI statement: Adult COVID-19 booster programme and the Omicron
variant (7 January 2022):
[21]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       JCVI statement: COVID-19 vaccination of children and young people
(22 December 2021):
[22]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Press Release: Pregnant women urged to come forward for COVID-19
vaccination, added to clinical risk group (16 December 2021):
[23]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pregn...

·       JCVI advice: Omicron variant (29 November 2021):
[24]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       JCVI advice: COVID-19 vaccination in people aged 16 to 17 years
(15 November 2021):
[25]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       JCVI advice: Booster programme 40-49 years (15 November 2021):
[26]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       JCVI advice: Booster programme Winter 2021-2022 (14 September
2021):
[27]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Press Release: Vaccination of 12-15 year olds (3 September 2021):
[28]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       Statement: Vaccination of 12-15 year olds (3 September 2021):
[29]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       JCVI advice: Third dose primary for severely immunosuppressed (1
September 2021):
[30]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Press Release: Vaccination of 16-17 year olds (4 August 2021):
[31]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       Statement: Vaccination of young people aged 12-17 years (initially
published 19 July 2021, updated 4 August 2021)
[32]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Statement: Vaccination of young people aged 12-17 years (19 July
2021):
[33]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Interim statement: Potential COVID-19 booster programme (30 June
2021):
[34]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       News Story: JCVI advice to mitigate impact of Delta (B1.617.2)
variant (14 May 2021):
[35]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       Statement: Use of Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine (7 May 2021):
[36]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Press Release: COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy (16 April 2021):
[37]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       Statement: Phase 2 COVID-19 vaccination (13 April 2021):
[38]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Letter from JCVI to Secretary of State: Adult household contacts
of immunocompromised (24 March 2021):
[39]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Letter from JCVI to Secretary of State: Further considerations of
Phase 1 (11 March 2021):
[40]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       News Story: JCVI issues interim advice on Phase 2 (26 February
2021):
[41]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       Letter from JCVI to Secretary of State on COVID-19 vaccination in
people with learning disabilities (24 February 2021):
[42]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       News Story: JCVI advise inviting people on learning disability
register for vaccine (24 February 2021):
[43]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

·       Statement: Prioritising the first COVID-19 vaccine dose (26
January 2021):
[44]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       JCVI advice: Phase 1 COVID-19 vaccination advice (6 January 2021):
[45]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

·       Press Release: JCVI advice on Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine (30
December 2020):
[46]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-...

 

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Sent: 02 November 2022 13:10
To: Jcvi <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Minutes of meetings relating to
meningococcal vaccines

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Dear Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) Secretariat,

I am writing to make a request for information under section 1 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please can you provide the minutes of all JCVI meetings at which the issue
of meningococcal vaccines was discussed. For the avoidance of doubt,
"meningococcal vaccines" includes MenC vaccines, Hib/MenC vaccines, MenB
vaccines, and MenACWY vaccines.

If providing this information for all time would take the request over the
cost limit, please go as far back in time as is possible while remaining
within the cost limit.

Yours faithfully,

Kenneth MacArthur

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are unable to meet the response timeframe we will keep requesters updated
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From: Kenneth MacArthur <[FOI #913403 email]>
Sent: 02 November 2022 13:10
To: Jcvi <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Minutes of meetings relating to
meningococcal vaccines

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Dear Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) Secretariat,

I am writing to make a request for information under section 1 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please can you provide the minutes of all JCVI meetings at which the issue
of meningococcal vaccines was discussed. For the avoidance of doubt,
"meningococcal vaccines" includes MenC vaccines, Hib/MenC vaccines, MenB
vaccines, and MenACWY vaccines.

If providing this information for all time would take the request over the
cost limit, please go as far back in time as is possible while remaining
within the cost limit.

Yours faithfully,

Kenneth MacArthur

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