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Chickenpox: Vaccination

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 86580, tabled on 3 December 2021

Question

Dr Philippa Whitford
Scottish National Party
Central Ayrshire
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Committee on Immunisation and Vaccinations (JCVI) on 22 June 2021, when the modelling QALY meeting to discuss varicella is scheduled to take place.

Answer

Maria Caulfield
Conservative
Lewes
Commons

Answered on

10 December 2021

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) relies on modelling work from a variety of sources to support its advice, including the UK Health Security Agency and academic groups.

Varicella is a ‘business as usual’ item that the JCVI will consider in the short to medium term. However, as modelling capacity is finite and resources are supporting the COVID-19 pandemic response, the JCVI are unable to provide an expected timeframe. The modelling Quality-Adjusted Life Year meeting to discuss varicella will be scheduled once evidence becomes available.

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