Question reference: S5W-33686
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 2 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of NHS staff have received the flu vaccination, and how this compares with the same period in 2019, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Scottish Government officials are working closely with Health Boards to monitor vaccine uptake amongst eligible cohorts. A weekly report on seasonal influenza activity in Scotland is published on the Public Health Scotland website: https://publichealthscotland.scot/downloads/weekly-national-seasonal-respiratory-report-18-november-2020/
Vaccination uptake for 2019-20 flu season for Healthcare Workers, broken down by each NHS Health Board, is detailed in the following table.
Seasonal Flu - 2019/20 Health Care Workers | |
Health Board | Vaccine Uptake % |
Ayrshire and Arran | 61.10% |
Borders | 53.50% |
Dumfries and Galloway | 74.50% |
Fife | 67.40% |
Forth Valley | 52.00% |
Grampian | 53.10% |
Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 47.10% |
Highland | 55.40% |
Lanarkshire | 49.00% |
Lothian | 63.70% |
Orkney | 61.90% |
Shetland | 68.50% |
Tayside | 56.20% |
Western Isles | 51.70% |
Total (Scotland) | 55.7% |