Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 9
9
Accepted
Overall the evidence session indicated that officials were keen to learn lessons and saw clear...
Conclusion
Overall the evidence session indicated that officials were keen to learn lessons and saw clear potential benefits from doing so. However, it seemed likely to us that different organisations could be left to learn their own lessons and then to reach their own decisions about whether and to whom to disseminate them.21 If this were to be the case, it would create a clear risk of important learning not being identified or not being drawn to the attention of other government bodies and programmes that could benefit from it.22 Increasing vaccine uptake
Government Response Summary
The government agrees that there are lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, and NHSE is leading development of an integrated immunisations strategy, and the department will write to the Committee setting out the main improvements being made as a result of this work.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Spring 2023 4.2 There are many important lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out which will have application across other public health programmes and beyond. 4.3 In practice, lessons learned to date are already influencing work across the health system. NHSE is leading development of an integrated immunisations strategy, aiming to align vaccination and immunisation services over the longer-term, drawing on the successes and lessons from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and with a focus on uptake and addressing health inequalities, data and technology, vaccine delivery models, and how vaccination services can support wider public health and prevention. Stakeholder engagement is being undertaken, with early recommendations expected to be produced by spring 2023. 4.4 The department is also committed to continually learning and developing pandemic preparedness planning, integrating new scientific information and learning from outbreaks, including COVID-19. 4.5 The department will continue to work across the health system to learn lessons from the pandemic response and identify opportunities for future innovation. 4.6 The department will write to the Committee setting out the main improvements being made as a result of this work as requested in the recommendation.