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GPs forced to cancel flu vaccine appointments due to delivery delays

GPs are having to cancel hundreds of flu jab appointments due to vaccine delivery delays of ‘up to two weeks’.

06 September 2021

GPs to start vaccinating immunosuppressed patients with third Covid jab by 13 September

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

Tens of thousands of AZ Covid vaccine doses to be destroyed by UK Government

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

Covid vaccination halves risk of long Covid in cases of breakthrough infection

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 to help identify up to 500k immunosuppressed patients for third Covid vaccine dose

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

No let-up in Covid vaccination push

Despite success so far in vaccinating millions of people, there is still a long way to go.

27 August 2021

Government launches study on why some people get Covid despite vaccination

The Government is launching a £1.

26 August 2021

GPs lined up to verify exemptions for mandatory Covid jabs

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

GPs waiting for delayed AZ vaccine collection warn thousands of doses will expire this week

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

UK trial launched to test third Covid jab in immunocompromised people

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