Question reference: S6W-11979
- Date lodged: 8 November 2022
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is assessing the success of its winter 2022-23 COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, compared with the rest of the UK.
Answer
Scotland is making excellent progress in the winter vaccination programme, when compared to the other UK nations. The latest published figures show that, as at 6 th November, Scotland has provided 87.8% of older adult care home residents and 55.7% of those aged 50 and over with a winter COVID-19 vaccine.
While differences in the way statistics are collected means that the figures are not always directly comparable, England has reported an uptake of 58.0% among older adult care home residents, and 53.5% among those aged 50 and over as at 6 th November.
Scotland’s winter vaccination programme also compares favourably to that of Wales, where, according to the latest data, 80.4% of older adult care home residents and 53.0% of those aged 50 and over have taken up the offer of a winter COVID-19 vaccination.