October 2022 | Reports
The Ministry of Health asked the Social Wellbeing Agency to look at the take up of vaccinations for disabled people using the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). This required us firstly to create a disability indicator. This is because when people are vaccinated, only information necessary to match their vaccination to their health record is collected, like their name and date of birth. People are not asked whether they are disabled. Using this new indicator, we then matched COVID-19 vaccine data with information in the IDI. Through this anonymised research, we can tell how many disabled people have been vaccinated and identify groups who may need extra support, thereby helping the Ministry of Health with its vaccine rollout.
