Lancashire mum slams government's decision to reject calls for meningitis B vaccine
A Lancashire mum whose son died from meningitis B says it's a disgrace the government's rejected calls for all kids up to the age of 11 to be given the vaccine on the NHS.
A Lancashire mum whose son died from meningitis B says it's a disgrace the government's rejected calls for all kids up to the age of 11 to be given the vaccine on the NHS.
More than 800,000 people have signed a petition for it, but the Department of Health says it would not be cost effective.
Two-year old son Alfie Flemming from Thornton died in 2014 - a vaccine wasn't avaliable when he was alive.
His mum Joanne Mills is backing the petition for all kids to be vaccinated - she says she can't believe the government have said no.
At the moment the government provide a vaccination programme for babies aged between 2 - 5 months.
Joanne has set up a fund in Alfie's name - Alfie's Forever Fund - and has raised more than ÂŁ14,000 so far which is being used to help Meningitis Now.
You can find out more about Alfie's Forever Fund here
You can find out more about the petition for the meningitis B vaccination programme to be extended here