Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide guidance on access to flu, covid, shingles and other vaccinations for house bound residents.

General practitioners are contractually required to offer vaccinations to 100% of eligible patients, including housebound patients, and must ensure that appointments are acceptable and convenient to those patients. This is in accordance with the General practice enhanced service specification – COVID-19 and adult influenza vaccination programmes: 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027; The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 for other routine vaccinations; and the General practice vaccination and immunisation services: standards and core contractual requirements, available at the following three links respectively:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/gp-enhanced-service-spec-covid-adult-flu-vaccination-programmes-2026-27/#7-primary-care-networks

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1862/schedule/3/paragraph/5/made

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/general-practice-vaccination-and-immunisation-services-standards-and-core-contractual-requirements/#3-core-contractual-requirements