Question reference: S5W-33938
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 9 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the unpaid family care givers of vulnerable individuals, including cancer patients, will receive the COVID-19 vaccine and, if so, when.
Answer
It is essential that vaccination be given to the first priority groups as set by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), and unpaid carers are included.
- Adult unpaid carers aged under 65 and young carers aged 16 and 17 will be offered vaccination at the same time as adults with eligible at-risk health conditions (under JCVI priority group 6).
- Unpaid carers aged 65 and over will be offered the vaccine earlier as they are included in JCVI priority groups 2-5.
We are using the Carer Act definition of unpaid carers which encapsulates JCVI description and goes wider.