Archive: This report describes the vaccination rollout in January 2021. For current information, see NHS COVID-19 vaccination guidance.

In January 2021, COVID-19 vaccines were being offered through hospitals, GP-led local centres, pharmacies and larger vaccination centres. The original report listed three High Peak sites: Buxton Medical Practice, Thornbrook Surgery in Chapel-en-le-Frith and Glossop Cricket Club. It reported that Buxton Medical Practice was working with Elmwood Medical Centre, Hartington Surgery and Stewart Medical Centre.

Later NHS sources listed Buxton Medical Practice and Thornbrook Surgery as vaccination sites; a February 2021 government release also named Glossop Cricket and Bowling Club. These later sources do not independently establish the opening date of each site.

The first priority groups

The government aimed to offer a first dose to the top four groups by mid-February. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation listed:

  1. Residents in care homes for older adults and their carers, including care-home staff.
  2. People aged 80 and over and frontline health and social-care workers.
  3. People aged 75 and over.
  4. People aged 70 and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals.

The January delivery plan set targets for access to a vaccination site or mobile service and for weekly vaccination capacity. These were plans, not established results at the time of the original report.

By 1 February, the NHS reported that vaccination had been offered at every eligible older-adult care home in England, apart from homes where visits were deferred because of an active outbreak. The government’s February roadmap reported that its target to offer a first dose to the top four priority groups had been achieved by mid-February. An offer did not mean every person had received a vaccine.