Vulnerable people to have first dose of Covid vaccine in Sussex

The provisional figures from NHS England show the proportion of people aged 70-74, 75-79, and 80 and over who have had their first jab in each sub-regional area of England.

The country has been split into 42 Sustainability and Transformational Partnerships (STPs).

How the coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the Hywel Dda region.

In Sussex, the data concerns the area looked after by the Sussex Health and Care Partnership.

It shows that 22.7 per cent of people aged 70-74 in the area have received their first dose of the vaccine, 78 per cent of 75-79-year-olds have been given the jab and 86 per cent of people aged 80 and above have had a Covid vaccine.

Here is a list of provisional figures for the proportion of people aged 70-74, 75-79, and 80 and over who have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in sub-regional areas of England.

The figures are based on provisional data from NHS England for vaccinations up to January 31.

The list reads, from left to right: name of STP; estimated percentage of 70 to 74-year-olds who have received first dose; estimated percentage of 75 to 79-year-olds who have received first dose; estimated percentage of people aged 80 and over who have received first dose:

- Eastern England

• Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes 38.6% 82.7% 85.0%
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 56.8% 92.9% 88.2%
• Hertfordshire and West Essex 39.0% 89.5% 87.4%
• Mid and South Essex 36.8% 87.3% 87.4%
• Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership 29.4% 81.3% 90.6%
• Suffolk and North East Essex 27.1% 73.5% 88.6%

- London

• East London Health and Care Partnership 61.1% 72.3% 69.6%
• North London Partners in Health and Care 62.9% 76.0% 73.3%
• North West London Health and Care Partnership 57.1% 74.8% 75.6%
• Our Healthier South East London 68.9% 79.3% 76.3%
• South West London Health and Care Partnership 56.5% 78.8% 79.5%

- Midlands

• Birmingham and Solihull 56.8% 84.2% 80.8%
• Coventry and Warwickshire 42.9% 91.5% 90.3%
• Herefordshire and Worcestershire 32.9% 90.9% 93.7%
• Joined Up Care Derbyshire 41.3% 90.1% 89.9%
• Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland 28.0% 73.1% 86.9%
• Lincolnshire 25.7% 81.1% 92.5%
• Northamptonshire 30.6% 89.8% 91.0%
• Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Health and Care 19.6% 70.9% 85.4%
• Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin 18.8% 55.6% 90.2%
• Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent 32.5% 83.2% 93.4%
• The Black Country and West Birmingham 39.0% 79.1% 83.9%

- North-east England/Yorkshire

• Cumbria and North East 22.8% 85.5% 91.8%
• Humber, Coast and Vale 32.7% 85.3% 92.5%
• South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw 34.9% 74.1% 87.2%
• West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership 31.8% 85.2% 89.1%

- North-west England

• Cheshire and Merseyside 40.4% 85.1% 89.1%
• Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership 56.0% 88.1% 86.5%
• Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria 40.9% 91.5% 91.8%

- South-east England

• Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West 25.9% 77.7% 91.0%
• Frimley Health and Care ICS 39.1% 84.4% 91.4%
• Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 19.5% 86.2% 92.7%
• Kent and Medway 27.1% 74.3% 86.3%
• Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership 31.3% 81.9% 85.8%
• Sussex Health and Care Partnership 22.7% 78.0% 86.0%

- South-west England

• Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire 25.1% 88.6% 93.2%
• Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 29.0% 84.9% 92.9%
• Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Health and Social Care Partnership 23.6% 85.5% 91.8%
• Devon 16.0% 72.7% 91.6%
• Dorset 27.9% 88.4% 92.1%
• Gloucestershire 26.4% 87.2% 94.9%
• Somerset 31.5% 94.0% 93.9%

The government has previously stated its aim to vaccinate the four most vulnerable groups to Covid-19 - including those aged 70 and above, care home residents and frontline health and social care workers - by February 15.

On Wednesday, the government confirmed that almost one in five adults in the UK, more than 10 million people, have now received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

“This is equivalent to vaccinating the total capacity of 111 Wembley stadiums in just 8 weeks and is an important step towards hitting the Prime Minister’s target of offering vaccines to the top 4 priority groups by the middle of February,” a government spokesman said.

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All elderly care home residents and staff in England and Wales have been offered vaccines, and 90 per cent of people aged 75 and above in England have received their first dose.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “This terrific achievement is testament to the monumental effort of NHS workers, volunteers and the armed forces who have been working tirelessly in every corner of the UK to deliver the largest vaccination programme in our history.

“Every jab makes us all a bit safer – I want to thank everyone for playing their part. Vaccines are the way out of this pandemic.

“The unprecedented national effort we have seen right across the United Kingdom means the majority of our most vulnerable people are now inoculated against this awful disease.”