Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21926

Shingles: Vaccination

Tabled: 3 January 2025
Answered: 8 January 2025

Question

Danny Beales

LabourUxbridge and South Ruislip

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make shingles vaccinations available to all people aged over 65.

Answer

Shingles vaccination was originally routinely offered as part of the national immunisation programme to those aged 70, using the Zostavax vaccine. In 2019, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended that the programme should be...

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