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Shingles: Vaccination

Commons · Question 51666 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Lizzi Collinge

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

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 15 May 2025

In 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...