The Scottish Renal Registry



Scottish Renal Registry

Covid-19 Vaccination Summary

Patients who are receiving dialysis or have a kidney transplant are a vulnerable population. Patients receiving dialysis are generally older with other health conditions. The majority of these patients require to attend a healthcare facility on a regular basis, which further increases their risk of exposure to Covid-19. Patients who have a kidney transplant are presumed to be at high risk as they have a suppressed immune system from the medications they are on for their transplant.

The charts below show the provisional number of patients who are receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal failure (ERF), as at 23/02/21, and have received at least the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination up to 8th March 2021. The figures on vaccinations are provisional and are subject to change as records are updated in the Vaccine Management Tool (VMT) alongside data quality checks within the Scottish Renal Registry (SRR) data.

It is possible to report data from the VMT in near real-time, but there is a lag of one day in reporting of data from the GP practices. More information on the vaccination programme can be found here: https://publichealthscotland.scot/our-areas-of-work/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/

Chart 1 - Summary of First Covid-19 Vaccination of those on RRT in Scotland for ERF

Chart shows that 90% of the RRT population for ERF in Scotland have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination. The chart also shows a split by modality with 93% of those on Dialysis and 89% of those with a kidney transplant have received the first dose.


Chart 2: % of patients on RRT for ERF in Scotland who have received the first Covid-19 vaccine (Split by Health Board of Residence and Modality of RRT)


Chart shows a map of Scotland with each Health Board of Residence coloured depending of the percentage of patients on RRT who have received the first vaccine.


Notes:
The SRR is a dynamic ‘live’ dataset therefore data is subject to change after local validations.

Patient Population: All adult patients whose RRT treatment for ERF started on or before 23 February 2021 and who were still alive on that date are included. Patients who have moved outside of Scotland and those who are lost to follow-up are excluded.

Please contact: phs.srr@phs.scot if you have any further questions.