Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the progress of the covid-19 vaccination programme for people who are housebound.
For patients who are housebound, ‘Standard Operating Procedure: Roving and mobile models’ has been provided to local health teams to support their operations, which is available at the following link:
National Health Service regions, Primary Care Networks and community pharmacy-led local vaccination services are monitoring progress and identifying whether further interventions are required for those who are housebound. As set out in the SOP, it is advised that the monitoring of the vaccination programme draws on sources of information to maximise the effectiveness of roving and mobile models to increase vaccination uptake among people who may experience barriers to accessing health services.