Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 1:51 pm on 2 December 2020.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 1:51, 2 December 2020

Yes, I'm happy to give the Member the assurance that there'll be equity across the population, across geography, to make sure that there are opportunities for people to attend for vaccination. And I think that's another important point—to attend for vaccination. So, the NHS will contact people and invite them to come to a vaccination centre. So, people shouldn't ring pharmacies or GPs or their treating clinician asking when they'll get it; the NHS will contact you and will invite you to come forward and give you the opportunity. The first batch is 800,000 doses, so 400,000 people across the UK. We'll get our population share of that, and we then expect there to be further batches delivered within this year, with another set in the new year as well. Again, we had this reconfirmed in our conversation between the four nations this morning. So, we'll have equity within the UK about our supply. We've also agreed we want to start vaccinating at the same time as well, and we'll then be able to move on to make sure there's equity across the country, which is exactly what our plans in Wales will deliver, as you would expect.