Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 51666
Shingles: Vaccination
Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 15 May 2025
Question
Lizzi Collinge
Labour — Morecambe and Lunesdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend shingles vaccine eligibility to all immunocompetent people aged over 65.
Answer
Ashley DaltonIn 2019, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that the shingles vaccination programme should switch to using a two-dose vaccine called Shingrix, to better protect individuals from the effects of shingles, provide better clini...
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