Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 11th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to provide covid-19 vaccinations for unpaid carers of disabled people.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 29th January 2021

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that for phase one of the COVID-19 vaccine programme, the vaccine first be given to care home residents and staff and those over 80 years old, followed by health and social workers, then to the rest of the population in order of age and clinical risk factors.

Priority group six, include all individuals aged 16 to 64 years old with certain underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality. In this priority group are those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill, should also be offered vaccination alongside those with underlying health conditions.

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