Vaccination: Older People

(asked on 3rd July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of older people who have missed a routine vaccination as a result of shielding during the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 11th August 2020

Shingles and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) are the main two routine vaccinations that are likely to have been missed by older people as a result of shielding during COVID-19. General practices are responsible for identifying those patients who have missed vaccination appointments and are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to ensure that any individual who has missed a routine appointment is caught up as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining effective protection for those who continue to be at higher risk of COVID-19.

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