Care Homes: Coronavirus

(asked on 9th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the uptake of covid-19 booster vaccines amongst people offered them in care homes; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 21st December 2021

By 14 December 2021, 99% of older persons’ homes had been visited by specialist vaccination teams to deliver the booster programme, with the remaining care homes scheduled to be visited before 24 December.

As of 12 December 2021, 251,340 residents and 114,510 staff had received a booster dose across all older adult care homes in England. By the same date, 25,974 staff and 22,727 residents of younger adult care homes had received the booster vaccination. Information on residents who received their vaccination outside the care home setting is not held centrally.

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