Shingles: Vaccination
Commons · Question 90993 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Anna Dixon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the shingles vaccine is offered by the NHS to people who turned 65 on or after 1 September 2023 but not those who were born between 1955 and 1958 unless they have a severely weakene
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 21 Nov 2025
From September 2023, the routine shingles vaccination programme changed from the one-dose Zostavax vaccine to the two-dose Shingrix vaccine, to better protect individuals from the effects of shingles, provide better clinical outcomes, and reduce pressures...