GPs to be paid by NHS to vaccinate housebound people, as Elland Road gears up to offer jabs

As well as offering vaccinations at their practices, GPs have been visiting patients to provide jabs to often vulnerable people who cannot leave their homes.

Some GP services in towns and cities have been vaccinating more than 100 people each day, including those with conditions such as dementia.

In rural areas, many GPs and healthcare teams have faced wintry conditions including heavy snow when trying to reach and vaccinate housebound people.

The extra £10-per-visit funding is to recognise the extra staff time and complexity of vaccinating housebound people, NHS England said.

The additional funding is retrospective and will apply to any vaccinations that have already been delivered to those who cannot leave their homes.

More than 1,000 GP services are part of the NHS vaccination programme, alongside over 250 hospital hubs and nearly 200 services run by high street pharmacies.

Elland Road, the home of Leeds United Football Club, is one of 18 sites which will provide vaccinations from Monday. It has previously only offered vaccinations to frontline NHS, social care and health workers.

The new openings mean there are more than 100 large-scale centres offering Covid-19 vaccines.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “Through our historic vaccination programme, we’ve already provided one in five adults with a jab, and we’re going further, faster.