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1252694

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prepare for the roll out of a potential covid-19 vaccine among (a) social care workers, (b) residents of care homes and (c) people in receipt of in home care; and if he will publish the outcomes of discussions he is having with (i) the care sector, (ii) the NHS and (iii) local authorities on access to covid-19 vaccines for care providers.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	116585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) consists of independent experts who advise the Government on which vaccine(s) the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation at a population level. The JCVI has advised that the first priorities for any COVID-19 vaccination programme should be the prevention of COVID-19 mortality and the protection of health and social care staff and systems.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, in line with the recommendations of the JCVI, the vaccine will be initially rolled out to these priority groups, including care home residents and staff, people over 80 years old, and health and care workers. The vaccine will then be prioritised amongst the rest of the population in order of age and risk, including those who are clinically extremely vulnerable and all individuals aged 16-64 years old with underlying health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>We have engaged regularly with the care sector, the National Health Service, and local authorities in planning for and rolling out the vaccine.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/12/2020 12:00:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 63531 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1270888

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of access to covid-19 vaccines for (a) people with learning disabilities and (b) autistic people, with particular reference to people living in in-patient settings.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	129068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the independent body of clinical experts, advise the Government on which vaccine/s the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation including for the COVID-19 vaccine.</p><p>The vaccine is initially being rolled out to priority groups considered to be the most at risk and frontline health and social care workers, then to the rest of the population in order of age and risk, including those who are clinically extremely vulnerable and all individuals aged 16-64 years old with underlying health conditions. The JCVI’s advice is published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940396/Priority_groups_for_coronavirus__COVID-19__vaccination_-_advice_from_the_JCVI__2_December_2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940396/Priority_groups_for_coronavirus__COVID-19__vaccination_-_advice_from_the_JCVI__2_December_2020.pdf</a></p><p>People with a learning disability who are clinically extremely vulnerable, including adults with Down's syndrome, and people with a severe and profound learning disability are prioritised to receive the vaccine; and are within fourth and sixth vaccine prioritisation groups respectively. This applies to all care settings, and many younger adults in residential care settings will be eligible for a prioritised vaccine because they fall into one of the clinical risk groups, for example learning disabilities. Given the high risk of exposure in these settings, where a high proportion of the population would be considered eligible, prioritised vaccination of the whole resident population is recommended.</p><p>Throughout the pandemic officials from the Department have joined regular fortnightly meetings with learning disability and autism stakeholders to discuss the response to the pandemic and its impacts on people with a learning disability and autism.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 129069 question first answered 22/12/2020 11:57:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 70173 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1270889

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department is having with officials and campaign groups on the prioritisation of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, including those living in in-patient settings, for covid-19 vaccines.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	129069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the independent body of clinical experts, advise the Government on which vaccine/s the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation including for the COVID-19 vaccine.</p><p>The vaccine is initially being rolled out to priority groups considered to be the most at risk and frontline health and social care workers, then to the rest of the population in order of age and risk, including those who are clinically extremely vulnerable and all individuals aged 16-64 years old with underlying health conditions. The JCVI’s advice is published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940396/Priority_groups_for_coronavirus__COVID-19__vaccination_-_advice_from_the_JCVI__2_December_2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940396/Priority_groups_for_coronavirus__COVID-19__vaccination_-_advice_from_the_JCVI__2_December_2020.pdf</a></p><p>People with a learning disability who are clinically extremely vulnerable, including adults with Down's syndrome, and people with a severe and profound learning disability are prioritised to receive the vaccine; and are within fourth and sixth vaccine prioritisation groups respectively. This applies to all care settings, and many younger adults in residential care settings will be eligible for a prioritised vaccine because they fall into one of the clinical risk groups, for example learning disabilities. Given the high risk of exposure in these settings, where a high proportion of the population would be considered eligible, prioritised vaccination of the whole resident population is recommended.</p><p>Throughout the pandemic officials from the Department have joined regular fortnightly meetings with learning disability and autism stakeholders to discuss the response to the pandemic and its impacts on people with a learning disability and autism.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 129068 question first answered 22/12/2020 11:57:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 70174 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1272172

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to improve IT systems to ensure accurate (a) data collection and (b) reporting of covid-19 vaccine take up.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	131346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has robust IT systems in place to ensure accurate data collection and reporting of COVID-19 vaccine take up. To record vaccinations, the National Immunisation Management System (NIMS) is being used as the national register for COVID-19 vaccinations. At the point that someone receives their COVID-19 vaccine, the vaccinating team will record this information onto the NIMS system and onto a patient’s general practitioner record, which will include capturing data such as a patient’s ethnicity.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/03/2021 15:04:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 72753 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1272175

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make targeted public health guidance and information about covid-19 vaccines available for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	131349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England and NHS Improvement to provide authoritative information to the public on COVID-19 vaccination.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is preparing translated versions of the core vaccine programme leaflets. We will be producing alternative formats that will include the following languages - Arabic, Albanian, Chinese, Bengali, French, Farsi, Kurdish, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Panjabi, Nepalese, Romanian, Turkish, Tagalog, Spanish, Somali, Ukrainian and Urdu. Simple text, video and audio versions are also being developed to support messaging to black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. These will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2021 12:48:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1274046

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average number of daily covid-19 vaccinations currently administered in (a) Lambeth, (b) Southwark and (c) London, and what steps is he taking to increase the number of appointments available at vaccination clinics.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	134009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>In each borough in London, including Lambeth and Southwark we are vaccinating, on average 650 people a day and for in London, the daily average vaccination rate is approximately 41,375</p><p>We have developed robust vaccination strategies to increase the availability of vaccinations and up take of them for our populations. These integrated strategies have been developed with system partners, including local authorities, and have contributed to an increase in vaccination availability and an increase in the uptake of the vaccine across our boroughs since the campaign started.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/03/2021 16:01:07 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 72834 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1274047

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of the adequacy of (a) staffing levels, (b) number of vaccines available, and (c) resources for covid-19 vaccination clinics in (i) Lambeth, (ii) Southwark and (iii) London.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	134010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Information on the staffing levels, number of vaccines and resources for COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Lambeth, Southwark and London is not held centrally.</p><p>As of the latest weekly data published on 15 April 2021, there has been good progress on vaccination uptake, with 108,258 doses administered in Lambeth and 102,347 in Southwark. Local National Health Service leaders are working with national and local partners across the NHS, local government, health and social care partnerships and voluntary sector to access resources, such as the workforce, when establishing vaccination clinics in Lambeth and Southwark, while continuing to ensure adequate resources are available to existing sites. NHS England has used 100% of vaccines supplied.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/04/2021 09:14:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 72835 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1279194

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure covid-19 vaccines reach people who are housebound and unable to attend a vaccination centre.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	141544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The National Health Service, alongside its health and social care partners have developed three different delivery models which will operate concurrently to provide flexibility in our approach and ensure the entire population has access to the vaccine. This includes delivery through hospital hubs, local vaccination services and vaccination centres.</p><p> </p><p>Local vaccination services are well placed to support the specific needs of our highest risk individuals, including those unable to leave their home. Working together in Primary Care Networks and community pharmacies, they are able to coordinate and deliver vaccines to the homes of those who are housebound via mobile units as set out in the United Kingdom COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 140247 question first answered 01/02/2021 14:22:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 77408 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1279195

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the accessibility of covid-19 vaccines to carers supporting residents in their own homes; and what discussions is he having with home care providers on this issue.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	141545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>We will continue to follow the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI) advice and vaccinate those most at risk first and those who work closest with them - care home residents and staff, followed by people over 80 years old and health and social care workers, then other people in order of age and risk.</p><p>This includes all frontline social care workers directly working with people clinically vulnerable to COVID-19 who need care and support irrespective of where they work, whether they care for clinically vulnerable adults or children or who they are employed by.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/03/2021 14:52:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 77409 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1285222

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to remove barriers to people with a learning disability accessing the covid-19 vaccination.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	151776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have published easy-read documentation that can be accessed by people with learning disabilities and their carers to help people with learning disabilities get familiarised with the vaccine process. NHS England and NHS Improvement’s learning disability and autism programme has also worked collaboratively across the National Health Service and other partners to support the delivery of reasonable adjustments in the vaccination programme.</p><p> </p><p>Clinicians have been encouraged to use a range of resources to help improve the accessibility of vaccination appointments, including a COVID-19 vaccine film, an easy read vaccination leaflet and easy read adult consent form. NHS England has also created training materials for COVID-19 vaccinators and volunteers which provide tips for communicating with people with a learning disability or autism and outline reasonable adjustments.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2021 09:12:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 84091 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes