Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered am ar 14 Chwefror 2024.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Non-affiliated
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to take forward the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to introduce a vaccination programme for chickenpox.
Lord Markham
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
The Government is considering the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s recommendation, published on 14 November 2023, on including a chickenpox programme in the routine immunisation schedule for children.
Potential changes to the immunisation programme need to be carefully scoped, taking into account a number of factors including product procurement, operational challenges and feasibility. The Government will decide whether to introduce a chickenpox programme when that careful work has concluded.
Yes9 people think so
No3 people think not
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