How to build on the success of the vaccine rollout

Institute for Government

The UK's vaccine rollout has made a good start. This panel discussed the reasons behind the early success and explore the questions the government faces – around prioritisation, the threat of variants and vaccine diplomacy – as it extends the rollout. It also explored the long-term lessons of the vaccine programme, and how the UK should capitalise on its life sciences expertise. On the panel to discuss these questions were: George Freeman, MP for Mid Norfolk and former Minister for Life Sciences Tom Chivers, Author and Science Editor at Unherd Dr Rebecca Fisher, GP and Senior Policy Fellow at The Health Foundation Professor Robin Shattock, Chair in Mucosal Infection and Immunity and Covid-19 vaccine lead at Imperial College London The event was chaired by Tom Sasse, Associate Director at the Institute for Government. We would like to thank The Forum – Imperial College London for kindly supporting this event.