Shingles: Vaccination
(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce Shingrix into the National Immunisation Programme, in line with JCVI recommendations, now that sufficient supply is available.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 15th March 2022
Shingrix has been offered to individuals with reduced immune response since September 2021, in line with recommendations from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. The Department is currently working with the UK Health Security Agency and the National Health Service to develop implementation plans to support the deployment of Shingrix more widely in the shingles programme.