WHO IS FAYE BURDETT? THE TODDLER WHO DIED FROM MENINGITIS B

On Valentine's Day 2016, Faye Burdett died from meningitis B, her tiny body ravaged by the disease.

Photographs, released by her parents after she died, graphically illustrated the horrific toll of the illness.

Her death triggered a campaign for greater access to the vaccine Bexsero, which was introduced in September 2015 but restricted to infants under one.

At the time, the Government promised a public-health campaign to raise awareness of meningitis. 

Ministers also pledged to publish a review of the ‘cost-effectiveness’ calculations behind the decision to restrict access, vowing it would be completed last summer.

Faye Burdett (pictured left before she became ill) died from meningitis B on Valentine's Day 2016, her tiny body ravaged by the disease. Photographs, released by her parents after she died, graphically illustrated the horrific toll of the illness (right)

Faye Burdett (pictured left before she became ill) died from meningitis B on Valentine's Day 2016, her tiny body ravaged by the disease. Photographs, released by her parents after she died, graphically illustrated the horrific toll of the illness (right)

Yet in February 2017, Faye’s father Neil accused ministers of breaking both promises.

He warned children are at risk due to the Government doing 'absolutely nothing' in the 12 months following his daughter’s death.

Meningitis Research Foundation estimate 400 cases of meningitis B in children up to five years old could have been prevented had they been given Bexsero.

Faye’s parents released photos of their daughter dying in Maidstone Hospital in Kent, covered in a rash from head to toe. 

It prompted more than 820,000 people to sign a petition for Bexsero to be given to all children.

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