Shingles: Vaccination
Commons · Question 84881 · Tabled 23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for the shingles vaccine, and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the criteria are clearly communicated to (a)
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 30 Oct 2025
From September 2023, the routine shingles vaccination programme changed from the Zostavax vaccine to the two-dose Shingrix vaccine, to better protect individuals from the effects of shingles, provide better clinical outcomes, and reduce pressures on the h...