Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of NHS travel vaccinations in Barnsley Central constituency.

The National Health Service provides polio, typhoid, hepatitis A and cholera travel vaccines free of charge, and these are available from general practitioner (GP) surgeries. GPs can also offer appropriate routine immunisation catch-ups ahead of travelling if any have been missed.

There are record numbers of GPs in training and we are investing at least £1.5 billion to create 50 million more general practice appointments a year by 2024. The Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care, published on 9 May, supports practices to address access challenges. Our Modern General Practice Access approach, backed by £240 million of retargeted funding, will simplify online requests, improve digital telephony, strengthen care navigation and continuity, and improve assessment and response times.