To ask the Minister of Health to detail his plans for administering the COVID-19 programme in the community including in pharmacies, dental practices and other professions already trained due to the nature of their work.

The model for vaccine deployment has been designed to be pragmatic, agile and flexible, and has involved collaborative working across the Health and Social Care system in conjunction with our wider stakeholders and partners.

Teams of vaccinators have been trained from a range of professional backgrounds including Pharmacists, Nurses, Dentists and Allied Health Professionals in addition to extant HSC staff and primary care staff.

The vaccination programme involves a mixture of delivery models and these will include: mobile teams for care home residents and staff as well as support for district nursing for house bound patients; Enhanced Trust Occupational Health staff teams for the mass vaccination of staff; and a GP based programme which will see GPs operating in cluster formation vaccination sites with additional support.