Housebound elderly have slipped through cracks in Covid jabs rollout
Homecare providers urge Downing Street to introduce mobile vaccination units to drive from home to home
1 February 2021 • 12:21am
Elderly housebound people are at present not being vaccinated as quickly as those in care homes , the chief executive of one care provider has said
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Elderly housebound patients have slipped through the cracks of the coronavirus vaccination rollout, experts have warned – in stark contrast to the huge success of the Government s Covid jab delivery to care homes.
On Sunday night, homecare providers urged Downing Street to introduce mobile vaccination units to drive from home to home, delivering jabs to elderly and vulnerable people too frail to attend a vaccination centre.