If your employees are not eligible for an NHS COVID-19 vaccination, your business can still explore an employer-funded offer. Private workplace vaccination provides another route to access, with individual suitability assessed by a healthcare professional.
The government’s latest spring 2027 announcement makes this a useful time to review your employee health plans. Doctorcall provides private COVID-19 vaccination services for businesses, helping employers bring vaccination into the workplace.
What Does the Spring 2027 Announcement Mean for Employers?
On 30 October 2026, the government confirmed that spring COVID-19 vaccinations will be offered to adults aged 75 and over, residents of care homes for older adults, and people aged six months and over who are immunosuppressed.
Employees outside these groups are not covered by the announced spring offer. Doctorcall provides private COVID vaccinations to businesses. Talk to us about how we can help.
Giving Your Team Access to Private Vaccination
An employer-funded programme gives staff the opportunity to consider vaccination without having to arrange and fund it independently.
Doctorcall’s on-site COVID-19 vaccination service brings the clinic to your workplace. Our team helps with staff communications, supplies the equipment needed and removes clinical waste afterwards, giving your organisation support with the practical arrangements.
For your business, this offers:
- Convenient Workplace Access: employees can attend an on-site clinic rather than arrange a separate off-site appointment.
- An Employer-Funded Health Benefit: your organisation covers the cost for participating employees.
- Support With Delivery: a vaccination provider helps coordinate the clinic and employee information.
The Business Case for Including COVID-19 Vaccination
Respiratory illness can affect both employee wellbeing and business performance. The financial impact may include sick pay, overtime, temporary cover and delayed work. There is also presenteeism: employees continuing to work while unwell, with reduced energy, concentration or output.
If your organisation already offers flu vaccination, reviewing COVID-19 vaccination alongside it can help you take a broader approach to employee health. COVID-related disruption can occur outside the main flu season, making it relevant to year-round workforce planning.
To assess the options, consider your workforce size, absence patterns, cover costs and employee interest alongside the proposed clinic cost. Doctorcall’s guide to building a business case for employee vaccinations includes evidence, planning considerations and a calculator for estimating the wider productivity impact of respiratory illness. These estimates describe the potential burden of illness, rather than savings guaranteed by vaccination.
The JCVI’s current advice identifies preventing serious illness, including hospitalisation and death, as the aim of the public COVID-19 vaccination programme. Individual benefits vary, and clinical suitability should be assessed for each employee.
Already Have a Health Cash Plan?
An existing health cash plan may offer another way to fund workplace vaccination, where the policy covers the service. Doctorcall already offers a cash plan model for on-site flu clinics, bringing the convenience of workplace appointments together with an employee benefit already in place.
For these flu clinics, employees choose an appointment and pay online through a dedicated workplace booking link. Their confirmation acts as a receipt for a cash plan claim, subject to their policy. Vaccination takes place at the workplace, with appointments arranged in advance.
If you would like to explore a similar arrangement for COVID-19 vaccination, speak to Doctorcall and your cash plan provider first. Confirm COVID-specific cover, reimbursement limits and delivery arrangements before sharing the offer with employees.
Read How Doctorcall Combines Cash Plans With On-Site Flu Clinics
How to Start Planning Your Workplace Programme
You can begin by bringing together a few practical details:
- Employee numbers: approximately how many people would you like to offer vaccination to?
- Workplace locations: where would you like clinics to take place?
- Working patterns: which shifts or attendance arrangements need consideration?
- Existing benefits: do you already offer flu vaccination or a health cash plan?
- Preferred timing: when would you like to make the offer available?
Share these details with Doctorcall to discuss delivery options, pricing and availability. The team can explain the applicable clinical requirements and help you establish the next steps before you announce the programme to staff. Participation should be voluntary, with individual health questions handled by the clinical team.
Discuss Private COVID-19 Vaccination With Doctorcall
Make COVID-19 vaccination part of your employee health planning. Whether you are considering a standalone clinic or reviewing your wider workplace vaccination programme, Doctorcall can help you explore the practical options.
Contact our team to discuss your workforce, existing benefits and preferred dates, and check availability for your locations.
Explore Doctorcall’s Workplace COVID-19 Vaccination Service