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Shingles: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults aged 80 and over who may develop shingles between the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s November 2024 advice on expandi
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 41 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults aged 80 and over who may develop shingles between the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s November 2024 advice on expandi
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government is considering the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice on shingles vaccinations, examining factors including clinical benefits, affordability and cost effectiveness.No decision has yet been taken on any expansion of the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of NHS provider financial controls on the recruitment of newly qualified nurses into Band 5 nursing posts.
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Speech and Language Therapy: Children
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