Rosie (centre) pictured with the teams from Meningitis Research Foundation (left) and Meningitis Now UK (right) On Tuesday 24th March, Rosie Duffield MP hosted a drop-in for MPs and Peers in Parliament with Meningitis Research Foundation and Meningitis Now UK. The outbreak in Canterbury has shown the urgent need for Meningitis B (MenB) vaccination for sixth formers and students and the importance of raising awareness of the symptoms of meningitis. This drop in provided an opp

Rosie Duffield MP met with Vinny Smith and Brian Davies from the Meningitis Research Foundation this morning to discuss the recent Meningitis outbreak in our constituency and what steps need to be taken to ensure this doesn’t happen again, including a wider rollout of the MenB vaccine. Any new review of MenB vaccine eligibility must reflect the full value of protection from this catastrophic disease including: direct protection, prevention of severe disability and peace of mi

Rosie Duffield MP has written to the Health Secretary urging the Government to give all students access to the Men B vaccine and improve awareness of the risks amongst students and their families. A generation of sixth formers and university students have missed out on this vaccine as it was only introduced in 2015. No more families should have to discover too late that protection existed but wasn’t available on the NHS. Rosie has organised this cross-party letter with Bourne

Following today’s statement in the House of Commons on the meningitis outbreak in our constituency: A targeted vaccination programme will soon be underway for students in halls at the University of Kent. This is a very welcome step. If you visited Club Chemistry on 5th, 6th or 7th March, please urgently access emergency antibiotics at one of the four temporary clinics in Canterbury and Thanet. You can find out more information about the clinics and get updates here . My thoug