Tenth Report - Prevention in health and social care: vaccination
Select Committee
Health and Social Care Committee
HC 1764
27 July 2023
Recommendations
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Deferred
Para 19
Consult on amending regulations to give students and retired staff roles in immunisation.
Recommendation
To ensure that nobody misses out on vital vaccine protection because of practical challenges such as convenient times or locations, a more flexible delivery model, that makes the most of the wide range of healthcare professionals, is needed. We recommend …
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Government Response Summary
The government deflected the recommendation, responding by referencing Lord O’Shaughnessy's review of commercial clinical trials and outlining commitments to improve their speed, instead of addressing a consultation on routine immunisation delivery.
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Conclusions (1) Observations and findings — click to expand
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Conclusion
Deferred
Para 18
The incredible success of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout showed what can be achieved with a mission-based attitude from Government, which involved making it as easy as possible for everybody to receive the vaccine. Fundamental to that success was the wide range of people that were mobilised to deliver the vaccination, …
Government Response Summary
The government deflected the recommendation, focusing instead on its efforts to improve commercial clinical trials, clinical research delivery, and partnerships for vaccine innovation, rather than routine immunisation delivery.