Coronavirus Vaccine
Debate between Lord Clark of Windermere and Baroness Garden of Frognal(3 years, 4 months ago)
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Lord Clark of Windermere (Lab) [V]
I thank the Minister for being so frank and admitting that the initial rollout will not be uniform throughout the country this year. I want to ask him about those individuals prioritised for the vaccine on the grounds of age or having weaker immune systems—specifically, who will identify those individuals? Initially the role of GP surgeries was highlighted for that task. Is that still the case? What will happen in those GP surgeries—there are quite a number of them—that have no GPs? Will the nurse practitioners be able to perform the role of identifying those individuals? I would like a specific answer to that because it is important in the longer term for a great many people.
The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Garden of Frognal) (LD)
I remind noble Lords of the request for brevity.