Health written question – answered at on 1 November 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the vaccines and anti-virals purchased in preparation for the swine flu pandemic were not used.
The proportion of H1N1 influenza vaccine held centrally for the United Kingdom is 51% of the quantity procured. Part of this stock (8 million doses, representing 18% of the total quantity procured) has date expired or is close to date expiry. H1N1 influenza vaccines continue to be used as recommended in the 2010-11 seasonal influenza immunisation programme.
Antivirals were purchased as part of our overall planning for influenza preparedness rather than being purchased specifically for the H1N1 pandemic. We continue to hold antiviral stockpiles for over 50% of the population as part of our preparedness planning for the next influenza pandemic.
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