The Government has secured 114 million additional Covid vaccine doses for next year and 2023, it has announced.

02 December 2021

The health secretary has said the Government is working to ‘free up’ GP time so they can dedicate themselves to delivering Covid booster jabs.

01 December 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a target for the NHS to give booster Covid jabs to all over-18s within two months.

30 November 2021

The JCVI has recommended that the Covid booster jab campaign should be expanded to all over-18s in response to the Omicron variant.

29 November 2021

GPs should be freed up to focus on speeding up the Covid booster jab campaign in response to the new Omicron variant of concern, GP leaders have said.

29 November 2021

NHS England has given GPs until Monday to opt in to deliver Covid booster jabs to the newly eligible 40-49 cohort.

16 November 2021

Boosters significantly improve protection against symptomatic Covid-19 in adults aged 50 and over, a UKHSA study has shown.

15 November 2021

Covid booster vaccines will be extended to people aged over 40, following a new recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

15 November 2021

The Government must speed up its Covid booster vaccine campaign if it to meet its target of offering all over-50s a third jab by Christmas, a group of UK scientists have warned.

06 November 2021

GPs can now administer Covid booster vaccines to care home residents sooner than six months after their second dose.

01 November 2021