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

01 November 2021

Covid boosters have been booked or delivered at nine in 10 care homes in England, according to NHS England.

25 October 2021

NHS England has said that there is no ‘widespread issue’ with the national booking system for Covid vaccinations, despite eligible patients claiming they have been unable to book their booster jabs.

22 October 2021

GPs have been told to prioritise offering Covid boosters to care home patients and staff by 1 November and are encouraged to co-administer the vaccine with the flu jab.

15 September 2021

Administration of Covid booster jabs will begin ‘next week’, health secretary Sajid Javid has told MPs as he set out the Government’s plans for managing Covid through the winter.

14 September 2021

All patients in groups 1-9 of the first phase of the Covid vaccination campaign should have a booster jab six months after their second dose, the JCVI has said.

14 September 2021

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is poised to recommend a Covid booster campaign after a study showed a top-up Pfizer dose ‘greatly boosted’ immune responses, according to reports.

10 September 2021

The UK medicines regulator has approved the use of a third dose of both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca Covid vaccines ahead of an expected announcement about booster jabs.

09 September 2021

NHS England has suggested that the Covid booster jab programme will not begin next week as final JCVI advice remains outstanding.

03 September 2021

The UK has ordered a further 35 million Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccines due to arrive from the second half of next year, the Government has announced.

24 August 2021