Immunosuppressed over 18s now eligible for shingles vaccination
From 1 September 2025, based on the latest advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) eligibility for the NHSE Shingles vaccination programme will change to allow all severely immunosuppressed people aged 18 years and over to receive the shingles vaccine.
This is an expansion of the current severely immunosuppressed cohort, who until now became eligible from aged 50 years of age.
Turning 65 or 70
The eligibility criteria changed on 1 September 2023. You’ll be eligible for a free shingles vaccine once you turn 65 following this date and will remain eligible until you turn 80. However, if you turned 65 before this date, you’ll have to wait until you turn 70 to be eligible for the vaccine.
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