PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Vaccination (8 December 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many housebound patients are awaiting a covid-19 booster vaccination; and what steps he plans to take to help ensure that housebound patients who are seeking a booster jab will receive a home visit for inoculation.

Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)

This information is not held centrally as data on the number of housebound patients is managed at a local level and requires access to detailed patient information. General practitioners and community teams determine the best approach to vaccination, based on their knowledge of the patient and circumstances. Some patients may be able to attend Primary Care Network (PCN) designated sites with assistance and discussions should be held with the family and/or carer to facilitate this.

For those patients who are completely housebound and unable to travel to a PCN designated site with assistance, vaccinations will be delivered via roving units directly to an individual’s home. National Health Service regions, PCNs and community pharmacy-led local vaccination services are monitoring progress and identifying whether further interventions are required. A standard operating procedure on managing roving units has been provided to local health teams to support the provision of COVID-19 vaccinations to people who are housebound.

Answered by:
Maggie Throup (Conservative)
31 January 2022