Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that NHS (a) dentists and (b) dental staff are able to access free NHS flu vaccines for winter 2020-21.

Responsibility for offering a free flu vaccination to frontline health care workers rests with their employers, as part of their occupational health responsibility. It is recommended that National Health Service independent contractors, which include dentists, offer vaccination to their employed staff, and responsibility for this lies with employers.

Dentists, and dental staff who are in a ‘at-risk’ group will be eligible for a free flu vaccine under the flu programme.