Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71877

Shingles: Vaccination

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the equity of access to the shingles vaccine.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Previously, the shingles vaccine was available to people turning 65 and 70 years old, up until their 80th birthday, and to severely immunosuppressed individuals aged 50 years old and over.As of 1 September 2025, approximately 300,000 more people have beco...
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