The Department of Health (DoH) has accepted the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the body that advises Government on immunisation, to offer children from two months old a vaccine against Meningitis B.
However the DoH has made clear that its decision is subject to the cost of the vaccination and its ‘value for money’.
The Department will now enter into negotiations with vaccine company Novartis to agree a price, before introducing it on the NHS.
It comes after the JCVI twice delayed a decision last year due to introduce the vaccination because of a lack of evidence of it being cost effective.
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