A vaccination programme will support those experiencing rough sleeping and people staying in homeless hostels or night shelters, protecting a group at high risk of serious respiratory illness who are too often left behind.
We know that people experiencing homelessness are more likely to experience worse NHS access, worse outcomes and to die younger, News Cover reports, citing the UK government's official website.
Through the 10 Year Health Plan, this government vowed to end this intolerable injustice by providing an NHS designed to tackle such inequalities and give everyone, no matter who they are or where they come from, the means to engage with the NHS on their own terms.
The government is delivering on this promise by offering flu vaccination to people experiencing homelessness - beginning in Autumn - in line with when the next season of flu vaccinations are available.
