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<p>The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) does not collect data on shingles
cases that have led to complications requiring treatment. NHS England has provided
the number of hospital admissions, with and without complications, from 2018/19 to
2022/23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
with Complications</p></td><td><p>1,521</p></td><td><p>1,552</p></td><td><p>1,259</p></td><td><p>1,486</p></td><td><p>1,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
without Complications</p></td><td><p>2,008</p></td><td><p>2,024</p></td><td><p>1,623</p></td><td><p>1,806</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand
Total</p></td><td><p>3,529</p></td><td><p>3,576</p></td><td><p>2,882</p></td><td><p>3,292</p></td><td><p>3,131</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS England</p><p>This should not be described as counts
of people, however, as the same person may have more than one admission within any
given time period. In addition, the UKHSA has published a paper showing the impact
of the zostavax vaccine on the number of hospital admissions, which is available at
the following link: <br> <br> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32641364/"
target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32641364/</a></p>
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