Coronavirus (COVID-19): vaccine deployment plan: update - July 2021
Update to the March 2021 plan, providing an overview of our progress and outlining next steps in the vaccination programme.
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Keeping up to date
Regular statistics are provided alongside factual information to local press and radio and to national media outlets. More detailed accessible information can be found on NHS Inform. If you have been called forward for a vaccine and you would like additional help, please call the Scottish COVID-19 Vaccination Helpline (0800 030 8013).
The Vaccination Status Scheme will allow people travelling abroad to access a record of their vaccination status. People will be able request their Covid-19 Vaccine Status online, by logging on to NHS Inform. For those not online this can be requested to be sent in the post via a Freephone COVID-19 Status Helpline on 0808 196 8565.
As Scotland’s vaccination programme progresses, vaccination status will be replaced by digital COVID-19 Status Certificates, which will include vaccination and testing data to be used for outbound international travel.
Information sources
- Scottish Government COVID-19 daily data for Scotland webpages. This is updated each day to provide the latest available data on COVID-19 in Scotland, includes progress on first dose and second dose vaccinations.
- Public Health Scotland (PHS) COVID-19 dashboard. This includes daily vaccination figures by sex, age, location (NHS Health Board and local authority) and JCVI priority group. This includes both first dose and second dose vaccinations.
- UK coronavirus dashboard. This includes headline vaccinations data for Scotland and the other UK nations.
- Up to date information on the vaccination programme on the NHS Inform website. For example, who is being offered the vaccine and in what order, what to do at the vaccination appointment, and more about the vaccines themselves including the ingredients in the vaccines.
- Information and guidance on the COVID-19 vaccination programme on the Scottish Government website. This includes regular letters from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport to the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) providing updates on the vaccination programme.
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