I asked the FM today about when the numbers of vaccinations of staff & residents completed in our care homes can be published. Its a key issue for relatives. She said it would happen, but didn’t give a commitment on when.
The full exchange:
Will the First Minister publish the rate of progress in relation to vaccination in our care homes? Many relatives of those in care homes are still understandably anxious, and being able to see how many people—both staff and residents—are being vaccinated would be important for morale.
We will publish more of a breakdown of the progress of vaccination. Right now, we publish on a weekly basis the total number of people who have received the vaccine. As of Sunday, the figure was more than 92,000; it will be a fair bit higher than that as of now. We have to make sure that any figures that we publish are robust and reliable. As we do that, we will provide breakdowns in relation to different settings, which will include care homes. As vaccination in care homes was one of the fir
