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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 25 January 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 January 2021 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 28 January 2021. A substantive answer was provided by Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 January 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the priority given to adults with learning disabilities as part of the covid-19 vaccination programme.

Answer

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are the independent experts who advise the Government on which vaccines the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation of a COVID-19 vaccine at a population level.  For the first phase, the JCVI has advised that the vaccine be given to care home residents and staff, as well as frontline health and social care workers, then to the rest of the population in order of age and clinical risk factors which includes people who are clinically extremely vulnerable and/or have underlying health conditions.

Adults with severe or profound learning difficulties and adults with Down’s syndrome are considered to be ‘at risk’ and therefore included as priorities in phase one of the COVID-19 vaccination programme’s roll out.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
142816
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Learning disability Vaccination Coronavirus
Link
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