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UIN 18009

Shingles: Vaccination

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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11 March 2024

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18 March 2024 · Answer

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18 March 2024

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the shingles vaccine to adults aged 65 and over.

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  1. 11 March 2024

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the shingles vaccine to adults aged 65 and over.

    Source: Commons

  2. 18 March 2024

    Answer

    The Shingrix programme was recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), to provide better and longer lasting population-level protection from a younger age than the previous Zostavax programme. The Shingrix shingles vaccinati...

    Source: Written answer

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