Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations have been made at a community level for a mass vaccination programme should a covid-19 vaccine become available.
The Department is working with the Government’s Vaccines Taskforce, Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Improvement, and colleagues from across the health and care system, including local partners, to put in place plans for successful distribution and delivery of a COVID-19 vaccination programme, alongside routine immunisation services, should a COVID-19 vaccine become available.