NHS Vaccination and Immunisation Services

Description

This award is being made following Direct Award Process A of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/>This service is for the provision of NHS Vaccination and Immunisation Services.<br/>Southend Integrated Healthcare for the Homeless (via Southend Medical Centre) are an existing provider of the health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate. NHSE are satisfied that the health care services to which the contracting arrangements relate to can only be provided by this provider due to the nature of how these services are delivered. The service offered is Opportunistic vaccinations, primarily Influenza, for inpatients. As these patients are restricted to this location whilst a patient no other provider is able to provide this service, due to access restrictions and patient safety in the intermediate care units where the service will be provided.