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Patients aged 60-63 invited for Covid vaccination

The NHS has begun inviting patients aged 60-63 for their first Covid-19 jab, as the vaccination programme continues to expand.

02 March 2021

Covid vaccine programme to get £1.65bn funding boost

The chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce £1.

01 March 2021

GPs should opportunistically ask patients if they’ve travelled abroad

GPs should opportunistically ask patients whether they have recently travelled from banned countries, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

24 February 2021

Government plans Covid revaccination campaign for autumn/winter 2021

The Government is planning for a Covid revaccination campaign, which is ‘likely to run later this year in autumn or winter’, its pandemic response plan has revealed.

23 February 2021

We must tackle the GP workload crisis once and for all

So much has changed in a year.

22 February 2021

Welsh Covid vaccination sites to move to second doses earlier

Wales will begin administering second doses of the Covid vaccine from Monday (15 February) – 10 weeks after the first patients were given the initial jab, the Welsh Government has said.

12 February 2021

GPs to opportunistically report patients who developed Covid after vaccination

GPs should opportunistically record confirmed Covid in patients who have been vaccinated if they see them face to face, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

10 February 2021

Children will ‘almost certainly’ get Covid vaccine later this year, says JCVI expert

The Covid vaccine will ‘almost certainly’ be rolled out to children later in the year, a Government scientific adviser has said.

09 February 2021

Travellers should ask GP for Covid jab proof, says vaccines minister

Travellers should ask their GP for written evidence they have been vaccinated against Covid, the vaccines minister has suggested.

08 February 2021

Patients who have had Covid more likely to suffer vaccine side effects

Patients who previously had Covid are far more likely to suffer side effects from the Pfizer jab, a UK study has revealed.

08 February 2021