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Government accepts JCVI advice on COVID-19 and flu vaccination programmes

The government will continue to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline health and social care staff and care home workers in the autumn 2024 programme...

Boots to begin private Covid-19 vaccination from April 1

Anyone aged 12 or over can get the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at 50 Boots stores for £98.95 For the first time, Covid-19 vaccines will...

Community pharmacies surpass 40m Covid-19 vaccinations milestone

The CCA believes that community pharmacy can eventually become the “natural home for all vaccinations.” A quarter of all Covid-19 vaccines administered to date in...

Pharmacies to get extra £2.50 per jab for spring COVID-19 booster programme

Pharmacy owners that vaccinate a housebound patient in their home will be able to claim an additional £10 fee.   NHS England has agreed to...

Consequences of missed COVID-19 vaccines in the UK revealed

Under-vaccinated older people more than twice as likely to have a severe COVID-19 outcome than those who were fully protected More than 7,000 hospitalisations and...

Vaccination reduces risk of COVID-19 death but protection wanes after 6 months: UKHSA study

Case fatality risk of COVID-19 was 10 times higher in unvaccinated adults compared to those who received the vaccine within six months prior to...