Question follow-through · 17284

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing carers to receive covid-19 vaccinations on the NHS.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
4 Dec 2024
Answer
11 Dec 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing carers to receive covid-19 vaccinations on the NHS.

  2. 4 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19 through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). On 13 November 2024, the JCVI published advice on the COVID-19 vaccinatio...

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