Government to launch chickenpox vaccination programme in England from January 2026, which will protect around half a million children each year

Eligible children will receive the vaccine during routine GP appointments, which protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox

The rollout will help raise the healthiest generation of children ever, while reducing sick days and time parents take off work

Thousands of children will be protected against chickenpox for the first time in England through a new vaccination programme that will keep kids in school and parents in work while also saving the NHS vital funds.

From January next year, GP practises will offer eligible children a combined vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) – the clinical term for chickenpox - as

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