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.
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.