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Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is an independent
expert advisory committee first set up in 1963. Its Terms of Reference are: "To
advise the Secretaries of State for Health, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
on matters relating to communicable diseases, preventable and potentially preventable
through immunisation." In addition to their work on the Committee,
members may be called upon by the Secretariat to give advice when matters arise
on which the members' particular expertise may be of assistance to the public
service. Members may also from time to time be requested to attend and contribute
to the deliberations of one or other of the Panels of the JCVI. The
Chair and members of the Committee will play a critical role in ensuring the Committee's
continued standing as an internationally recognised leading body in the field
of immunisation. Members of JCVI will: - be
committed to the continued development and improvement of this important area
of public health;
- bring relevant experience to the Committee;
- contribute
to the provision of high quality and considered advice to UK ministers of health;
- be expected to make a full and considered contribution to the work of
the Committee and to contribute fully to the debate and to, the decision making
processes of the Committee;
- provide expert guidance when an issue which
falls within their particular area of expertise is under discussion;
- contribute
to the debate in the capacity of a well-informed health professional where the
issue does not fall within their expertise;
- take into account the need
for and impact of vaccines, the quality of vaccines and their safety and the strategies
to ensure that the greatest benefit can be obtained from the most appropriate
use of vaccines;
- recommend the best public health advice to Ministers;
- be prepared, as requested by the Secretariat, to occasionally provide
expert advice on relevant issues outside of committee meetings;
- be prepared,
as requested by the Secretariat, to occasionally attend and contribute to the
deliberations of one or more of the Panels of the JCVI which report to the main
committee;
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