Provision of School Aged Immunisation Services for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR), Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire

The following urgent contract modifications have been made under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 14.3: Urgent award or modification.

Initial Modification

Extension to the current School Aged Immunisation Services (SAIS) contract that NHS England holds with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust(LPT), Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) from 1 September 2025 till 31 December 2025 (4-month period). The extension terms will remain in line with the contract agreement and will cover the period of time when flu delivery in primary and secondary schools will take place. The NHS England nationally set deadline for completion of the 2025/26 school flu programme is Friday 12 December2025.

Further Modification

Further extension to the current School Aged Immunisation Services (SAIS) contract that NHS England holds with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust(NHFT) from 1 January 2026 till 31 March 2026 (3-month period). The extension terms will remain in line with the contract agreement and will focus on non-flu delivery in line with the programmes usually undertaken during this period. This will also include any catch up clinics or similar provision/ opportunistic for flu or non-flu programmes during this period.

Original Contract Values (5 years):

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT): £5,211,918 Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust: £2,999,750 Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT): £3,536,210

Total Contract Modification Values:

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT): £928,281 (Initial 4 month period) + £298,760 (Further 3 month period) = £1,227,041

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust: £609,894 (4 month period)

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT): £483,959 (Initial 4 month period) + £176,484 (Further 3 month period) = £660,443