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Recommendation 12
12
On 11 January 2021, the Secretary of State of Health and Social Care stated that...
Conclusion
On 11 January 2021, the Secretary of State of Health and Social Care stated that “the supply of the vaccine is currently the rate limiting step”.34 NHSE&I recognised that ensuring everyone who wants a vaccination can have one by Autumn 2021 will depend on continuing vaccine supply.35 Given this, we asked why Government did not yet have a timetable for when vaccines would be delivered. The former Chair of the Taskforce told us that, as part of procuring the vaccines, it had agreed a timetable for the expected supply of vaccines, but that this had taken place before the manufacturing of the vaccines had been fully scaled-up. BEIS confirmed that it was working daily with suppliers and had detailed schedules for the supply of vaccines until the end of February, and was “increasingly confident” about the schedules for March.36
Government Response
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HM Government
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On 11 January 2021, the Secretary of State of Health and Social Care stated that “the supply of the vaccine is currently the rate limiting step”.34 NHSE&I recognised that ensuring everyone who wants a vaccination can have one by Autumn 2021 will depend on continuing vaccine supply.35 Given this, we asked why Government did not yet have a timetable for when vaccines would be delivered. The former Chair of the Taskforce told us that, as part of procuring the vaccines, it had agreed a timetable for