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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
All pharmacies in England will be able to offer targeted cardiovascular (CVD) screening to patients aged over 40 from this autumn.
24 August 2021
The Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine is ‘as effective’ as the Pfizer jab after 4-5 months, a UK study has found.
19 August 2021
GP practices based in deprived areas have significantly fewer full time-equivalent GPs per 10,000 patients than those based in more affluent areas, a study has found.
18 August 2021
The vaccination campaign has prevented more than 23 million Covid infections and around 85,000 deaths in England, figures suggest.
12 August 2021
A CCG has rowed back on an instruction to primary care networks (PCNs) that they should stop claiming funding for Covid vaccination staff hired under the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS).
11 August 2021