Question reference: S6W-00246
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 25 May 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what is done with vaccine supplies that are unused due to non-attendance at appointments.
Answer
The current wastage of vaccines remains very low in Scotland, across Health Boards.
Health Boards currently over appoint to buffer any DNA’s (Did Not Attends) and they also administer opportunistic and drops-in vaccinations depending on their local circumstance – therefore this is not counted as wastage. Vaccine supply can also be carried forward to the next day, further reducing wastage.
As a precautionary approach for worst-case scenarios, a planning assumption of 5% vaccine wastage is used. Actual wastage is well below the 5% planning assumption.