Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 29th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a Band 4 Immuniser approved to administer the Pfizer vaccine has concurrent approval to administer the Astra-Zeneca vaccine; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 3rd February 2021

Public Health England has developed protocols in accordance with Regulation 247A of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, inserted into Human Medicines (Coronavirus and Influenza) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, for the administration of both the Pfizer BioNtech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

The protocols do not specify which professional groups, grades or bands may administer COVID-19 vaccines under them. Instead, the protocols state that registered or non-registered persons may administer the vaccines, as long as they are competent to do so and experienced registered healthcare professionals must adequately supervise any non-professionally qualified persons.

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