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NHSE informed us that it relies on primary care networks working with their local ICBs to identify harder to reach cohorts. It accepted that local authorities often have better links into communities than NHS bodies. It said many lessons were learned from the COVID-19 vaccination campaign about where take up was good and not so good, and how to reach populations that were not proactively coming forward.31 In its written submission to this 26 Q8 27 Q 9 28 Q 77 29 Q 45 30 Coronavirus and vaccine hesitancy, Great Britain - Office for National Statistics 31 Qq 45, 46 12 inquiry, NHS Providers noted that addressing the wider determinants of health had to involve specific targeted improvements in the most deprived areas to tackle health inequalities.32 32 NFS0012 13 2 Three big shifts required for the long-term sustainability of the NHS