Free chickenpox vaccination offered to children

News - 2 September 2025

A free chickenpox vaccination will be offered for the first time to children across England on the NHS.

From January next year, GP practices will offer eligible children a combined vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) - the clinical term for chickenpox - as part of the routine infant vaccination schedule.

For more information see the Gov.uk website.

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