Request for information from practices not delivering the COVID-19 vaccination programme

Practices that are not delivering the COVID-19 vaccination service under the current enhanced service specification are reminded to share lists of eligible patients with their local commissioner where these patients cannot all be identified by national call/recall, so the commissioner can arrange alternative provision from another provider.

Patients who cannot all be identified nationally are likely to be immunosuppressed patients and housebound people. Practices are required to provide this information to the local commissioner under the duty of co-operation requirement in their GMS / PMS / APMS contracts, and this request is necessary for reasons of public interest.