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Committee Material Published 12 Feb 2021 ↗ View on Parliament

NHSE&I is planning its deployment of vaccines in the face of high levels of uncertainty because information about the COVID-19 vaccines is still changing. It needs to keep its plans under review to ensure it can respond to the latest information about which vaccines have been approved, which groups in society need to be vaccinated, how many doses will be available, and when and how those vaccines will need to be deployed. The NAO found that it remained uncertain whether the vaccination progra...

NHSE&I is planning its deployment of vaccines in the face of high levels of uncertainty because information about the COVID-19 vaccines is still changing. It needs to keep its plans under review to ensure it can respond to the latest information about which vaccines have been approved, which groups in society need to be vaccinated, how many doses will be available, and when and how those vaccines will need to be deployed. The NAO found that it remained uncertain whether the vaccination programme would need to take place more regularly, for example becoming an annual programme.42 We asked Departments whether they now thought than an annual vac Type: conclusion | Number: 16 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: NHSE&I is planning its deployment of vaccines in the face of high levels of uncertainty because information about the COVID-19 vaccines is still changing. It needs to keep its plans under review to ensure it can respond to the latest information about which vacci