Question follow-through · 10391
Chickenpox: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation statement on a childhood varicella (chickenpox) vaccination programme, published on 14 November 2023, if he will make an assessment
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 25 Oct 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation statement on a childhood varicella (chickenpox) vaccination programme, published on 14 November 2023, if he will make an assessment
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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25 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended a universal varicella, also known as chickenpox, vaccination programme be introduced as part of the routine childhood schedule. This recommendation was based on an assessment of the es...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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