COVID-19 costs in 2022 and 2023 to-date (FOI)

Request

A

For each of the years 2022 and 2023 to date, please confirm how much the government spent on the Covid vaccination programme?

B

For 2022 and 2023 to date, please provide an itemised list showing how much money has been spent on the following:

(i) Salaries

(ii) Provisions (including PPE, supplies and vaccinations)

C

For 2022 and 2023 to date, how many people per week have been vaccinated at the centre?

D

How many full time staff are now employed at the vaccination centre (as of 16 May 2023)? 

E

How many part-time/zero-hour/ staff sent to homes are now employed at the vaccination centre (as of 16 May 2023)?

F

Are there any plans to close the vaccination centre and move it to a smaller location/GPs?

Response 

A

Please note: Supplies includes all running costs, excluding staff.

Vaccines were and continue to be provided by UK Government under an allocation agreement.  No COVID vaccine costs were incurred by the programme.

PPE was sought from the overall Government of Jersey provision, managed by Health and Community Services.  No costs were allocated to the programme.

B(i) and B(ii)

Please see response to question A.

C

The attached table shows the number of Covid vaccines delivered by the Vaccination Centre staff across the Vaccination Centre, Care Home and Community settings. Vaccines delivered by the Vaccination centre only are not available in the format requested therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law applies. 

Table.pdf

D

29.4 x Full time equivalent (FTE).

E

6 x FTE.

F

A tenancy agreement to operate the Vaccination Centre at Fort Regent is in place until the end of 2023.  A review for the COVID vaccination delivery models is currently in the scoping phase.  This will include options around where vaccination teams should be based and where vaccinations should be delivered from.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.