Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the roll out of the covid-19 booster vaccine to people who are housebound (a) nationally and (b) in York.

National Health Service regions, Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and community pharmacy-led local vaccination services are monitoring progress and identifying whether further interventions are required to support the delivery of booster vaccinations to those who are housebound. A standard operating procedure for managing roving vaccination units has been provided to local health teams for those patients who require a home visit. Every eligible adult in England aged 18 years old and over has now been offered a booster vaccination, including all those who are housebound.

NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group has worked with its PCNs and vaccination services to ensure that people who are housebound have been fully vaccinated and received booster doses. During the first week of January 2022, PCNs in York confirmed that the majority of housebound patients had received booster vaccinations. Any outstanding doses were due to patients being hospitalised or awaiting recovery from COVID-19 infection.