Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there are 50 hospitals across the UK already set up and waiting to receive the coronavirus vaccine within days His comments come after the first vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech was approved for clinical use by regulators.
Sir Simon Stevens said people over 80-years-old and care home staff will be able to get the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at hospitals from next week.
GP surgeries will then begin operating as local vaccination centres in the coming weeks, with plans for 1,000 hubs across England.
Mr Hancock said there would be "three modes of delivery" of the vaccine. He said: "50 hospitals across the country are already set up and waiting to receive the vaccine as soon as it's approved, so that can now