The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is an independent expert advisory committee first set up in 1963, 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.
JCVI gives advice to Ministers based on the best evidence reflecting current good practice and/or expert opinion. The process involves a robust, transparent, and systematic appraisal of all the available evidence from a wide range of sources. The committee is appointed by the Appointments Commission and is independent of the Department of Health.