Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion

Dr. Colm Henry:

Our work does involve engaging with pharmacists through their important part in existing vaccination programmes, including the influenza vaccination programme. To echo Dr. Glynn's comments, with regard to the key role in medical professionals and healthcare professionals broadly in promoting vaccination, as Dr. Glynn referenced, we have seen significant improvements in the uptake of the HPV vaccine to upwards of 75% where the figures were much lower previously. There is a key role for healthcare leaders here, including not just GPs but pharmacists and others in advocacy and promotion of safe and effective vaccines, as well as of the roll-out, as we go from relatively small provision at the beginning to the wider population.

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