Post by Webster on Feb 7, 2021 4:09:33 GMT
(The Guardian) Doctors in England paid extra to vaccinate vulnerable patients at home
Doctors in England will be paid an additional £10 every time they vaccinate a vulnerable who cannot leave their home, PA Media has reported.
Ministers are striving to meet their target of inoculating all those aged 70 and over, along with frontline health workers, by 15 February.
Health secretary Matt Hancock said the extra cash would allow GPs to reach the “most vulnerable people who might not be able to leave their homes”, such as the elderly and those who are shielding.
The government aims to have offered a first dose jab to all over-50s and the most clinically vulnerable by early May, but the Telegraph reported that Whitehall sources believed the pace of vaccinations meant the target could be achieved by April.