Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 20
20
In September 2020, NHSE&I estimated that it could need up to 46,000 additional staff to...
Conclusion
In September 2020, NHSE&I estimated that it could need up to 46,000 additional staff to deliver the COVID-19 vaccination programme, including 26,000 vaccinators and 20,000 administrative staff. It planned to fill these posts through a combination of existing primary care staff and targeted local recruitment campaigns.57 At the time of our evidence session, the Department had recruited 80,000 people to deploy the vaccines.58 NHSE&I told us that while the workforce needed for the programme had been “of real concern”, the response to its call for volunteers and clinical staff had been “incredibly successful – more so than we could ever have imagined”. Over 200,000 people expressed an interest in supporting the vaccine programme. Not all of those who volunteered will be deployed immediately, but NHSE&I told us that it was confident it had the staff it needed to scale-up the programme as planned.59 Local distribution
Government Response
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HM Government
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In September 2020, NHSE&I estimated that it could need up to 46,000 additional staff to deliver the COVID-19 vaccination programme, including 26,000 vaccinators and 20,000 administrative staff. It planned to fill these posts through a combination of existing primary care staff and targeted local recruitment campaigns.57 At the time of our evidence session, the Department had recruited 80,000 people to deploy the vaccines.58 NHSE&I told us that while the workforce needed for the programme had bee