Vaccinations

FOI REFERENCE: 24532 FOI DATE: 20^th November 2024     

The information I’m looking for is in regard to vaccinations and the outsourcing of vaccinations to third parties 

 Do you currently outsource to external suppliers to administer vaccines? (e.g. pharmacies, independent clinics etc)?

If yes, which providers do you have contracts with? Please detail:

Provider name Crest pharmacy

Contract start date   07.10.24

Contract end date 30.11.24

Contract value Commercially Sensitive

Volume commitments (#) Up to 100 booked appointments per day plus walk ins. 30 clinics held to date

Vaccines offered Covid and Flu

For the financial years (April – March) 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24:

 Annual spend in £’s on vaccination services by your trust, split by: 

NHS vaccine administration Small part of the Occupational Health Budget

Outsourced vaccine administration Commercially Sensitive

Total volumes of vaccines administered by type (latest available year): (

MMR vaccine 320

Flu vaccine 1867

Covid-19 1347

Split of vaccines by provider type (NHS/outsourced) (%)

MMR vaccine NHS100%

Flu vaccine Outsourced 100%

Covid-19 Outsourced 100%

What are your key selection criteria when selecting a provider? (Price, reputation, capacity, range of vaccinations provided etc). Please list. Are you able to share the RFPs

Price/reputation/capacity

Availability to offer flu and Covid. All other vaccines are provided in house by Occupational Health.