Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises UK health departments on immunisation.

JCVI has issued a statement on immunisation prioritisation.

Membership

  • Professor Andrew Pollard, Chair (University of Oxford)
  • Professor Lim Wei Shen, Chair COVID-19 immunisation (Nottingham University Hospitals)
  • Professor Anthony Harnden, Deputy Chair (University of Oxford)
  • Dr Kevin Brown (Public Health England)
  • Dr Rebecca Cordery (Public Health England)
  • Dr Maggie Wearmouth (East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust)
  • Professor Matt Keeling (University of Warwick)
  • Alison Lawrence (lay member)
  • Professor Robert Read (Southampton General Hospital)
  • Professor Anthony Scott (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
  • Professor Adam Finn (University of Bristol)
  • Dr Fiona van der Klis (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands)
  • Professor Maarten Postma (University of Groningen)
  • Professor Simon Kroll (Imperial College London)
  • Dr Martin Williams (University Hospitals Bristol)
  • Professor Jeremy Brown (University College London Hospitals)

Co-opted members (implementation matters)

  • Ms Anne McGowan
  • Dr Lorna Willocks
  • Dr Jillian Johnston
  • Dr Julie Yates

Conflict of interests

Any conflict of interests declared by members of JCVI are now published as an annex to the minutes of each JCVI meeting. The JCVI code of practice provides information on how conflicts of interest are managed.

In order to prevent any perceived conflict of interest it was agreed that the JCVI Chair (Professor Andrew Pollard), who is involved in the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine at Oxford, would recuse himself from all JCVI COVID-19 meetings.

Minutes

JCVI holds 3 main meetings a year, held on the first Wednesday of February, June and October. The draft minute of each meeting will be uploaded to the JCVI Box account within 6 weeks of the meeting.

Read agendas for future JCVI meetings

Read minutes of JCVI meetings

For previous minutes please go to the National Archives website

Terms of reference

Code of practice (including terms of reference) (PDF, 226KB, 45 pages)

Publications and statements

Read JCVI publications and statements

Research recommendations

Read JCVI research recommendations

Influenza vaccines: JCVI advice

Read JCVI’s advice on influenza vaccines

COVID-19 sub-committee

  • Professor Lim Wei Shen (Chair) (Nottingham University Hospitals)
  • Professor Anthony Harnden, Deputy Chair (University of Oxford)
  • Dr Kevin Brown (Public Health England)
  • Dr Rebecca Cordery (Public Health England)
  • Dr Maggie Wearmouth (East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust)
  • Professor Matt Keeling (University of Warwick)
  • Alison Lawrence (lay member)
  • Professor Robert Read (Southampton General Hospital)
  • Professor Anthony Scott (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
  • Professor Adam Finn (University of Bristol)
  • Dr Fiona van der Klis (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands)
  • Professor Maarten Postma (University of Groningen)
  • Professor Simon Kroll (Imperial College London)
  • Dr Martin Williams (University Hospitals Bristol)
  • Professor Jeremy Brown (University College London Hospitals)
  • Professor Bryan Charleston (The Pirbright Institute)
  • Professor Lucy Yardley (University of Southampton)
  • Professor Robert Dingwall (Nottingham Trent University)
  • Professor Liz Miller (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)

Read COVID-19 sub-committee minutes

Pneumococcal sub-committee

  • Professor Andrew Pollard, Chair JCVI (University of Oxford)
  • Professor Anthony Scott, Chair (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
  • Professor Robert Read, Chair (Southampton General Hospital)
  • Professor Christopher Butler (University of Oxford/Cardiff University)
  • Dr Claire Cameron (Health Protection Scotland)
  • Professor John Edmunds (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
  • Dr William Egner (Sheffield Teaching Hospitals)
  • Professor Adam Finn (University of Bristol)
  • Professor Neil French (University of Liverpool)
  • Professor David Goldblatt (University College London/Great Ormond Street Hospital)
  • Professor Paul Heath (St George’s University of London)
  • Dr Punam Mangtani (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
  • Ms Anne McGowan (National Public Health Service for Wales)
  • Dr Stefan Flashe (London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

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Read pneumococcal sub-committee minutes

Travel sub-committee

  • Lorna Boyne (Nurse Consultant, Health Protection Scotland)
  • Ines Campos Matos (PHE, Travel and Migrant Health Section) (first half of meeting, telephone)
  • Jane Chiodini (Travel Health Specialist Nurse)
  • Dr Peter Baxter Chair (Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust)
  • Dr Tom Cheasty (Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Pathogens)
  • Professor Chris Conlon (Infectious Disease Physician, Oxford)
  • Carolyn Driver (Independent Travel Health Specialist Nurse)
  • Dipti Patel (Nathnac)

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Read travel sub-committee minutes

Human papillomavirus (HPV) sub-committee

  • Professor Andrew Pollard (Chair JCVI)
  • Professor Judith Breuer (Chair HPV Subcommittee)
  • Professor Adam Finn
  • Dr Peter Elton
  • Professor Henry Kitchener
  • Dr Richard Gilson
  • Professor John Edmunds
  • Dr Ann Sullivan
  • Dr Kate Cuschieri
  • Pam Sonnenberg

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Read HPV subcommittee minutes

Varicella sub-committee

  • Professor Judy Breuer (Chair Varicella Subcommittee)
  • Professor Andrew Pollard (Chair JCVI)
  • Professor John Edmunds
  • Dr Andrew Farlow
  • Professor Adam Finn
  • Professor Anthony Harnden
  • Professor Paul Heath
  • Professor Simon Kroll
  • Ms Alison Lawrence
  • Ms Anne McGowan
  • Professor Andrew Rice
  • Professor Liam Smeeth
  • Dr Maggie Wearmouth

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Read varicella sub-committee minutes

Influenza sub-committee

  • Professor Andrew Pollard, Chair JCVI (University of Oxford)
  • Professor Anthony Scott, Chair (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
  • Professor Robert Read, Chair (Southampton General Hospital)
  • Professor John Edmunds (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
  • Professor Adam Finn (University of Bristol)
  • Professor Jeremy Brown (University College London Hospitals)
  • Professor Matt Keeling (University Of Warwick)
  • Professor Anthony Harnden (University of Oxford)
  • Dr John McCauley (Crick Worldwide Influenza Centre)
  • Professor Lim Wei Shen (Nottingham University Hospitals)
  • Anne McGowan (National Public Health Service for Wales)
  • Dr Lorna Willocks (NHS Scotland)
  • Dr Jillian Johnson (NI Public Health Agency)
  • Dr Julie Yates (Public Health England)

Read agendas for future JCVI meetings

Read influenza sub-committee minutes

Protocols for sub-committee engagement with industry

Protocols for vaccine manufacturer engagement with JCVI sub-committees (PDF, 157KB, 3 pages)