From Pulse and NHS England – this does actually seem to be good news.
“Locum GPs are now part of the cohort eligible for free flu vaccination under the updated flu DES published today, which also retained the item-of-service fee for practices at £10.06 per dose.
It comes as GPs have raised concerns that delivery of the programme will be more expensive than usual due to infection control measures to mitigate the spread of coronavirus.
The updated contract reflects changes to the national programme including this year’s expanded cohort announced in July.
However, the document, agreed by NHS England and the BMA’s GP Committee, also lists locum GPs under those eligible for the free jab.
It said that practices should deliver the jab ‘in sufficient time’ to protect patients ‘before the virus starts circulating’ and aim to complete the programme by the end of November.”
Pulse doesn’t make it clear, but the NHS England document does – the flu imm is to be given by the practice where the locum GP is a patient, not by the practice employing the locum.