A contractor must ensure that they have in place a system for delivering appointments at which relevant vaccines or immunisations are administered to patients (“immunisation appointments”) which meets the Vaccines and Immunisations Standards.

A contractor must comply with the standards contained in the Vaccines and Immunisations Standards on the processing of data relating to patients.

In this regulation—

• F7“processing” has the meaning given by section 3(4) of the Data Protection Act 2018;

• “relevant vaccine or immunisation” F8has the same meaning as in regulation 66A(1)(a) of these Regulations;

• “the Vaccines and Immunisations Standards” means the standards determined by F2NHS EnglandF5published on 15th April 2024 and which a contractor is required to meet in relation to the following matters—

  1. a

     the invitation of patients for immunisation appointments when they first become eligible for relevant vaccines or immunisations (“newly eligible patients”);

  2. b

     the steps to be taken if no response is received to an invitation falling within sub-paragraph (a);

  3. c

     the provision of immunisation appointments to newly eligible patients;

  4. d

     the steps to be taken if a newly eligible patient does not attend an immunisation appointment;

  5. e

     requests for relevant vaccines or immunisations made by patients who are eligible for them but have not previously received them for any reason;

  6. f

     the identification of gaps in the vaccination records of registered patients, and the offer, and provision of, immunisation appointments to those patients;

  7. (g)

     F6the processing of records relating to patient vaccinations and immunisations, including records relating to the administration of vaccines and patient vaccination status.