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Practices face cap on Repevax orders for preschool booster jabs

Practices have been restricted to ordering just five doses a week of Repevax vaccine for delivering preschool whooping cough booster jabs, according to latest advice from public health chiefs.

08 May 2014

GPs to lead catch-up campaign offering meningitis booster vaccination to university entrants

GPs will be tasked with ensuring all young adults planning to go to university are offered a booster dose of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine as part of a limited catch-up campaign from next year.

13 May 2013

GPs should ‘mop up’ after meningitis C booster programme

GPs could be faced with ‘mopping up’ after a programme of meningitis C booster vaccination is rolled out in schools, say DH immunisation experts.

08 May 2012

DH advisors say meningitis C vaccine booster should be offered to teenagers

Department of Health advisers have recommended that a meningitis C vaccine dose should be moved from the infant schedule and replaced with a booster in teenagers.

31 January 2012

JCVI adviser calls for meningitis C booster after study finds decline in immunity

A leading GP immunisation adviser to the Government has called for a new adolescent booster for meningitis C vaccination after new research found a steep decline in immunity through childhood among those receiving the vaccine.

07 November 2011

UKHSA provides update on Nimbus Covid variant spread

UK public health officials have issued an update about the new Covid variant that appears to be spreading internationally.

27 June 2025

Majority of eligible patients yet to come forward for Spring Covid vaccination

Well over half of patients eligible for a Spring Covid vaccination have yet to come forward with just under six weeks left of the campaign.

08 May 2025

‘Significant’ changes to childhood vaccination schedule announced

The Government has announced a raft of ‘significant’ changes to the childhood vaccination schedule, including a new routine appointment at 18 months.

01 May 2025

Multiple Covid jabs may not be enough for immunocompromised, study finds

Covid vaccinations may not be enough to protect immunocompromised people from infection even when they have generated antibodies, researchers have found.

21 February 2025