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    Ministers urged to act to stop babies being admitted to hospital unnecessarily

    by Ella Pickover Dec 29, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Leading children’s doctors have implored the Government to introduce urgently a “game-changer” vaccine which could prevent thousands of babies and pre-schoolers from being admitted to hospital every year and help relieve winter pressure in the NHS.

    In June, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised ministers that they should press head with a vaccination programme for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, for both babies and older adults.

    But the Government is yet to respond to the call.

    Without a shadow of a doubt I can tell you that as a paediatrician every single winter RSV is a major problem. It is a big problem for babies and parents, but it's

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