Outbreak Management Advisory Board - 7 July 2021.

COVID Vaccination Inequalities.

 

Presented by: Anita Dobson Nurse Consultant in Public Health

·         Actions to date to address vaccine inequality

 

o   Data interrogation

o   Weekly meetings with CCG

o   Inequalities assurance meeting with NYCC

o   HCV inequalities meeting

 

·         Pop up clinics

A series of walk-in, pop-up clinics are taking place at venues across the city during the coming week to reach local people over the age of 18 years who have not yet received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. All eligible patients are welcome to turn up on the day, but it is possible to book an appointment in advance through GP surgery’s.

 

All these clinics are in residential areas where people can access by walking and public transport.

·         Community Pharmacies

Work is on-going with community pharmacies to deliver covid vaccinations. Currently there is provision in Haxby and Acomb.

·         Contact phone calls– being made through Nimbus.  CYC will support once capacity is available, paused due to contact tracing workload.

 

·         Communications

Joint working with CYC and CCG to look at where at to whom messages are targeted so that specific issues can be addressed. This includes information on public transport, vaccination safety, pop-up venues and the availability of information in languages other than English. Weekly meetings are held so that current issues are responded to in a timely manner.

 

·         Specific actions for targeted groups

 

·         Vulnerable Women– one clinic has been delivered, a further clinic arranged.

·         Homeless – more clinics arranged for 7th and 9 July for 2nd doses – 80% had first dose

·         Traveller community– CCG continue to work with the community. Information from NYCC regarding Seamer and Appleby Fair and how access can be made available at these locations.

·         Ethnic minorities. CCG working with ethnic minorities.  Chinese community COVID vaccine up-take remains a concern, CYC Public Health are seeking to have face to face meetings within the Chinese community.  Lessons learnt from COVID suggests that by working in this way uptake is increased.

 

Ethnic Group

Eligible

No. received first dose

% received first dose

British

119,245

102,803

86.2%

Irish

707

556

78.6%

Any other White background

14,437

9,611

66.6%

Caribbean

140

88

62.9%

Arab

29

18

62.1%

Bangladeshi or British Bangladeshi

304

187

61.5%

Pakistani or British Pakistani

392

240

61.2%

Any other Black background

136

83

61.0%

White and Black Caribbean

215

129

60.0%

White and Asian

499

297

59.5%

Any other mixed background

607

355

58.5%

Any other Asian background

1,433

822

57.4%

White and Black African

177

100

56.5%

Indian or British Indian

1,448

812

56.1%

Not Known

32,712

18,300

55.9%

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34

19

55.9%

Any other ethnic group

1,723

922

53.5%

African

670

343

51.2%

Traveller

6

3

50.0%

Chinese

4,748

1,050

22.1%

All

179,662

136,738

76.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Ward data/breakdown

Data from NIMMS Covid Vaccine Uptake Data Export Report 17.6.21. For first dose COVID vaccination.

 

Data from NIMMS Covid Vaccine Uptake Data Export Report 1.7.21