NHSE&I recognised that its goal of vaccinating the top four priority groups by mid- February was a huge task.67 We noted that it would be essential for Departments to be clear in the language they used to describe progress with the vaccine programme to avoid over-promising and under-delivering. We asked what counted as a vaccine having been offered and how it was monitoring and reporting progress. NHSE&I explained that it could not force people to take the vaccine, so was monitoring progress ...

NHSE&I recognised that its goal of vaccinating the top four priority groups by mid- February was a huge task.67 We noted that it would be essential for Departments to be clear in the language they used to describe progress with the vaccine programme to avoid over-promising and under-delivering. We asked what counted as a vaccine having been offered and how it was monitoring and reporting progress. NHSE&I explained that it could not force people to take the vaccine, so was monitoring progress on the basis of how many people had been offered a vaccine.68 It planned the roll-out of the vaccine on the assumption that 75% of people who are offered Type: conclusion | Number: 24 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: NHSE&I recognised that its goal of vaccinating the top four priority groups by mid- February was a huge task.67 We noted that it would be essential for Departments to be clear in the language they used to describe progress with the vaccine programme to avoid over