The health secretary has said he is ‘confident’ that Covid booster jabs will start ‘sometime’ in September for the ‘most vulnerable’, after the timing and scope of the campaign came into question.

20 August 2021

GPs are having difficulties securing venues from which to deliver the Covid-19 booster vaccination programme, in particular due to sites no longer being available, the BMA has said.

12 August 2021

Plans to roll out an autumn Covid vaccine booster programme could be premature, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group has warned.

10 August 2021

All German patients who were fully vaccinated with the Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine will be offered an mRNA booster from next month.

06 August 2021

NHS England has said it is seeking MHRA approval for GPs to deliver Covid booster vaccines at an individual practice level.

04 August 2021

GP-led vaccine sites will be able to order the Covid vaccines they want when they want them in phase three of the programme, NHS England has said.

16 July 2021

GP hopes that individual practices would be able to contract to administer Covid booster jabs this autumn have been dashed in new NHS England guidance published today.

14 July 2021

GP practices should deliver a maximum of 75% of Covid booster vaccines, according to new NHS England guidance.

01 July 2021

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended a two-stage Covid vaccine programme starting in September, to take place alongside flu vaccinations.

30 June 2021

The cohorts prioritised for the planned Covid booster jab programme may be based on the list of patients advised to shield, NHS England has indicated.

29 June 2021