The health secretary said 80% of NHS staff received jabs, compared with 90% of those in top four age groups
Covid vaccine take-up among health and care staff is so far notably lower than among age-based groups to have been offered the injection, Matt Hancock has said, increasing concerns that this could hamper progress in tackling the virus.
While take-up was more than 90% among the first four age groups to have been offered at least a first injection – which include all those aged 70 and above – for NHS staff it was about 80%, and for care staff “around two-thirds”, the health and social care secretary said. He did not specify whether the figures were for England or UK-wide, but as health policy, including vaccinations, is devolved, it is likely they are for England.
