Immunisations and Vaccination Schedules

Shingles is an infection of a nerve and the skin around it. It is caused by the same virus as chickenpox and causes painful blisters on the skin.

In Scotland people aged 65 years and over are eligible for the shingles vaccination. There is a vaccine that can reduce your risk of getting shingles (also known as herpes zoster), or, if you do get shingles, it can reduce how serious the symptoms will be. The Health Board will contact you when you are eligible.

Shingles information and the age eligibility calculator.

The NHS Inform website has information about immunisation and vaccines in Scotland.

Immunisation helps protect against serious diseases such as influenza (flu), measles, mumps, whooping cough, meningitis, and polio. Find out why immunisation is important, when to immunise, what vaccines are available and what they protect against, by visiting:

NHS Inform Immunisation and Vaccines in Scotland.