All young children in England and Wales will be offered a free chickenpox vaccine by the NHS from January 2026.

The varicella jab will form part of a new combined MMRV vaccine

The vaccine’s rollout is also expected to save the NHS £15 million a year in costs for treating the illness

All young children in England and Wales will be offered a free chickenpox vaccine by the NHS from January 2026.

The new vaccine programme will become routine for children in the future

A doctor has broken down everything parents need to know about a new vaccine for chickenpox that will be rolled out on the NHS in England from January 2026. On Friday, 29 August,…