Recommendation 24

We also heard from NHS England that it was moving to a position where the NHS and wider public sector estate should be used for vaccination sites wherever possible, in preference to renting private sector sites. Nevertheless, officials confirmed that established private sector sites with good uptake rates in particular communities would be considered for continued funding.58 This decision does not affect the involvement of community pharmacies in the vaccine programme. However, the Company Chemists Association told us that that sector needed greater certainty about its contribution to allow it to engage in medium- and long-term planning.59