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GPs are having to cancel hundreds of flu jab appointments due to vaccine delivery delays of ‘up to two weeks’.
06 September 2021
GPs should start identifying severely immunosuppressed patients who are eligible for a third Covid jab immediately, for a 13 September start, NHS England has said today.
03 September 2021
Exclusive Expiring Astra Zeneca Covid vaccines will be collected from GP vaccination centres in order to be destroyed, the Government has revealed to Pulse.
02 September 2021
Being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 cuts the risk of long Covid in half in the small proportion of people who get a breakthrough infection, a detailed analysis of UK data shows.
02 September 2021
GPs will be asked to help identify up to 500,000 severely immunosuppressed patients for a third Covid vaccine dose, the Government has said.
01 September 2021
Despite success so far in vaccinating millions of people, there is still a long way to go.
27 August 2021
The Government is launching a £1.
26 August 2021
GPs may be required to provide evidence showing staff in care homes are medically exempt from mandatory Covid vaccinations, new Government guidance has suggested.
26 August 2021
Exclusive ‘Tens of thousands’ of excess doses of the Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine risk being wasted when they expire over the next week, Pulse has been told, as NHS England admitted planned collections were ‘seriously delayed’.
26 August 2021
A UK trial is being extended to test the effectiveness of a third Covid jab in people who are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed.
25 August 2021