Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance on booster COVID-19 vaccinations they are providing to UK citizens whose previous vaccinations were administered in an EU member state, and which are not recorded on the NHS app.
Answered by Lord Kamall
Booster vaccinations remain available, including for those who received primary doses in the European Union. The minimum dosage interval for booster vaccinations is three months from a final primary dose. Doses do not have to be recorded in the NHS App in order to access vaccination.
Vaccines approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency administered overseas can be recorded via the National Booking Service or 119. Doses can be verified at a face-to-face appointment at a designated vaccination centre and updated within the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS). If an individual’s overseas vaccination is recorded in NIMS, they will automatically be invited to receive a booster dose when eligible. Vaccinations can also be accessed at a walk-in centre without the record being updated in advance.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the NHS app will record COVID-19 vaccinations administered to UK citizens while working or studying in EU member states.
Answered by Lord Kamall
English residents who have received vaccinations overseas, including in European Union Member States, can now have their vaccination details recorded in the National Health Service vaccine database. Individuals can then generate an NHS COVID Pass for domestic use and international travel if they meet certain certification requirements.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many workers from (1) other EU countries, and (2) non-EU countries were employed in the UK's adult social care workforce in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
Skills for Care, the workforce development organisation for social care, collects data on the number of adult social care workers by nationality in England.
The number of adult social care workers from within the European Economic Area (EEA) and the non-EEA in the last five years is set out in the following table.
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
Total workers | 1,265,000 | 1,290,000 | 1,325,000 | 1,335,000 | 1,340,000 |
British | 1,043,000 | 1,070,000 | 1,101,000 | 1,110,000 | 1,118,000 |
EEA (non-British) | 62,000 | 70,000 | 77,000 | 87,000 | 95,000 |
Non-EEA | 160,000 | 150,000 | 147,000 | 138,000 | 127,000 |
Source: Skills for Care’s adult social care workforce estimates 2012/13 to 2016/17.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total number of (1) hospital doctors and consultants, and (2) general practitioners, employed within the NHS in England who are citizens of other EU countries and have resigned from their posts since 24 June 2016.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
The information is not available. NHS Digital can provide estimates of numbers leaving the National Health Service in England in the Hospital and Community Health Service by nationality, but cannot readily identify the reasons for leaving, such as resignation. General practitioners’ country of Primary Medical Qualification can be identified, but further details by nationality are not available.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total number of nurses employed within the NHS in England who are citizens of other EU countries and have resigned from their posts since 24 June 2016.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
The information is not available. NHS Digital can provide estimates of numbers leaving the National Health Service in England in the Hospital and Community Health Service by nationality, but cannot readily identify the reasons for leaving, such as resignation. General practitioners’ country of Primary Medical Qualification can be identified, but further details by nationality are not available.