Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 18th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were awaiting a fourth covid-19 vaccine dose who were immune suppressed as at 18 January 2022; and what steps he taking to help ensure that those people awaiting a fourth covid-19 dose receive it in a timely manner.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 26th January 2022

The information requested is not held centrally.

To ensure those eligible receive their fourth dose in a timely manner, guidance was issued to all systems on 13 December 2021 setting out that those at greatest risk must be prioritised, including the severely immunosuppressed. The guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/national-call-next-steps-for-the-nhs-covid-19-vaccine-deployment/

Individuals are identified and invited for their vaccination by the local Primary Care Network. If a vaccination cannot be offered at a hospital at the time of the patient’s regular treatment, they will receive a letter from their consultant, to access an appointment at an alternative site. If a patient has already received a letter regarding their third primary dose, this can be used to obtain their fourth dose at a walk-in site, if it has been a minimum of three months since their third primary dose was administered. Patients who are yet to be contacted but may be eligible for a fourth dose should contact their consultant or general practitioner.

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