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<p>We are grateful for the offers from businesses up and down the country, including
supermarkets and sporting arenas, to use their venues as vaccination centres. NHS
England and NHS Improvement have been working to identify partners and work with those
whose facilities have been identified as suitable. NHS England and NHS Improvement
are ensuring that all offers are appropriately considered, alongside local leaders,
including from local authorities, to understand potential partnerships that build
on the existing network.</p><p> </p><p>We have many partnerships already in place.
Seven large scale vaccination centres opened on 11 January, a further ten opened on
18 January and over 30 opened on 25 January. The centres offer an alternative to general
practice and hospital services and can each deliver thousands of vaccinations every
week. The initial sites were chosen from those ready to vaccinate large numbers of
people quickly to give a geographical spread covering as many people as possible.</p><p>Currently,
in England, 96% of the population is within 10 miles of a vaccine service and by the
end of January, everyone will live within 10 miles of a vaccination service. In a
small number of highly rural areas, the vaccination centre will be a mobile unit.
Regularly updated data on the locations of hospital hubs and local vaccination services
is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/hospital-hubs-and-local-vaccination-services/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/hospital-hubs-and-local-vaccination-services/</a></p><p>
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