ABPI welcomes ambitious NHS vaccination strategy

NHS England has today published its vaccination strategy, setting out how it will increase national uptake of vaccination to protect people against a range of diseases.

In response, Dr Amit Aggarwal, ABPI Director of Medical Affairs said: “We support this comprehensive, ambitious, and thoughtful strategy, which will boost current arrangements and help improve everyone’s health.

“We know from the pandemic that a convenient ‘front door’ for vaccination is crucial, so it is right to focus on locally tailored action by multi-disciplinary teams. Using the opportunity of vaccination to offer a wider set of prevention services is also an important step forward. Too often, communities at the highest risk of vaccine-preventable diseases also have the lowest uptake of vaccines and the worst health outcomes.

“This plan is the right way forward. It will make it easier for people to be protected against disease, and help ensure no one is left behind on vaccination.”