FOI/202100228056 · FOI · unclear
Information relating to unused Covid-19 vaccines: FOI release
Information requested
1. details of the amount of COVID vaccine that has been unused and then discarded over the past six months in the NHS Scotland COVID vaccination programme. 2. Amount (doses) per week of vaccine given to people between 01/02/2021 and 30/7/2021. 3. Amount (doses) per week of vaccine not given to people and discarded 01/02/2021 and 30/7/2021.
Response
Below if a copy of the information requested.
Wastage data was extracted on August 16th at 11am from a management information dashboard maintained by NHS National Services Scotland. Vaccination data was extracted on August 16th at 7:30am by Public Health Scotland. These data are hosted on their open data site. All data refers to vaccines delivered to and administered in Scotland. There are several reasons a vaccine may not be administered before being discarded, and therefore ‘wasted’, such as issues with storage, expired doses, vial size and/or specific clinical situations where there may be some dose loss. All products currently being used in Scotland are included in these figures, i.e. Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Moderna. Wastage from GP practices is not included, as GPs do not record this information. Whilst every effort is made to minimise and record vaccine wastage, there may be some wastage that is not recorded by staff at the end of a vaccination clinic or some differences in how NHS Boards record waste. This is particularly true for wastage figures at the beginning of the programme. However, there is no better way to estimate “true” wastage.
Week ending Weekly total of administered vaccines Weekly total of wasted vaccines Percentage of wasted doses 07/02/2021 293767 716 0.2% 14/02/2021 392178 958 0.2% 21/02/2021 213139 736 0.3% 28/02/2021 207613 806 0.4% 07/03/2021 202948 401 0.2% 14/03/2021 177545 767 0.4% 21/03/2021 336560 1024 0.3% 28/03/2021 334754 692 0.2% 04/04/2021 279404 627 0.2% 11/04/2021 237243 560 0.2% 18/04/2021 245912 551 0.2% 25/04/2021 337665 738 0.2% 02/05/2021 309080 822 0.3% 09/05/2021 242898 3174 1.3% 16/05/2021 279874 1018 0.4% 23/05/2021 299798 2738 0.9% 30/05/2021 321267 979 0.3% 06/06/2021 342189 915 0.3% 13/06/2021 326922 1326 0.4% 20/06/2021 269905 1027 0.4% 27/06/2021 222747 2114 0.9% 04/07/2021 186205 2385 1.3% 11/07/2021 184320 1295 0.7% 18/07/2021 133017 1828 1.4% 25/07/2021 130033 1381 1.1% 01/08/2021 136568 4448 3.3% Total 6643551 34026 0.51%
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