Chickenpox: Vaccination
Commons · Question 73635 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to support (a) GP surgeries and (b) health visitors in delivering the chickenpox vaccine as part of the MMRV jab.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 29 Sep 2025
From January 2026, the measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccination programme will form part of the routine childhood immunisations offered in England. The MMRV vaccine will be offered at general practices (GPs) as part of routine infant vacc...