3. Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19 vaccinations

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:17 pm on 2 March 2021.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 3:17, 2 March 2021

Diolch. With several constituents in places like Llangollen asking me, 'If the fall in vaccine supply the Minister referred to last week has been felt by all health boards, why is it that England and south Wales are seeing consistent and indeed increasing vaccination numbers as ours locally fall?', how do you respond to the constituent who stated, 'My wife falls within target group 6 and I fall within target group 7 for vaccination against COVID. Would you please ask the Welsh Government why, to date, 49,994 people within group 8 and 43,648 within group 9 have been vaccinated ahead of us?'

And now that unpaid carers who are eligible for a carers allowance, or those who are the sole or primary carer of an elderly or disabled person who is at an increased risk of COVID-19 mortality, and therefore clinically vulnerable, have been added to vaccination priority group 6, how do you respond to the constituent who asks, 'Can you get a register discussed from a medical perspective for the unpaid carers added to group 6, because given not all carers claim the allowance, either due to working, studying or they're unaware, there are a lot of people who will fall through the cracks?'