The vaccine programme still has some issues to address. In England, 2.98 million adults were still unvaccinated at the end of May 2022. Analysis by UKHSA has confirmed that full and booster vaccination reduces the risk of someone falling seriously ill, needing to go to hospital, or dying because of COVID-19.23 Consequently these people are at 14 RCP0006 Note dated March 2022 from Royal College of Nursing point 3.2 15 Committee of Public Accounts, Government preparedness for the COVID-19 pande...

The vaccine programme still has some issues to address. In England, 2.98 million adults were still unvaccinated at the end of May 2022. Analysis by UKHSA has confirmed that full and booster vaccination reduces the risk of someone falling seriously ill, needing to go to hospital, or dying because of COVID-19.23 Consequently these people are at 14 RCP0006 Note dated March 2022 from Royal College of Nursing point 3.2 15 Committee of Public Accounts, Government preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for government on risk, Forty-Sixth Report of Session 2021–22, HC 952, 23 March 2022, page 1, 7 16 Qq 29, 30 17 Qq 29, 48 18 RCP0006 Note da Type: conclusion | Number: 10 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 1. PAC conclusion: Nearly 3 million adults in England remain unvaccinated and are therefore at greater risk of becoming hospitalised or dying because of COVID-19 than if they were vaccinated. 2 1: PAC recommendation: Both NHS England and its local partners, shoul