Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 62067

Chickenpox: Vaccination

Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 1 July 2025

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal DemocratTiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make the NHS chickenpox vaccination available to all children.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Government is considering the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s recommendation, published in November 2023, to introduce a varicella, also known as chickenpox, programme into the immunisation schedule for children.It is important that ...

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