Vaccination

PJ view: Neighbourhood health will not work without stronger primary care relationships

As pharmacies prepare for another flu season, the government’s neighbourhood health vision faces a critical test: can stronger collaboration between primary care providers and better recognition of pharmacy skills ensure services grow without fuelling competition?…

Health news round-up: NICE approvals, fighting AMR and medicines safety concerns

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news.…

Vaccines often overlooked in antimicrobial stewardship, microbiologists warn

Attendees of a roundtable organised by the Microbiology Society concluded that there was an “urgent need to strengthen the evidence base for vaccine impact on AMR”.…

Patients with head and neck cancer to be fast-tracked into NHS vaccine trial

The investigational mRNA cancer vaccine will be trialled across 15 NHS hospitals over 12 months, the third cancer vaccine trial to be run through the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad.…

Health news round-up: weight loss drugs, RSV vaccination and ChatGPT for clinical trials

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson shares some important developments in health news.…

RSV protection rises with vaccine for older people and new infants

To supplement respiratory syncytial (RSV) virus vaccines, from September 2025, the NHS will offer monoclonal antibody nirsevimab to protect around 7,000 premature or high-risk babies and infants during their first RSV season.…

Measles cases climb as pharmacy MMR pilot under review

The UK Health Security Agency has urged parents to vaccinate their children for measles, mumps and rubella to prevent an increase in cases following summer travel or the return to school.…

Pharmacies to offer children’s flu vaccinations from October 2025

The NHS England advanced service will enable community pharmacies to opt in and expand the delivery of vaccines to children too young to be offered them in school.…

Warning over risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome following RSV vaccination

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said that, as of 2 June 2025, it had received 21 Yellow Card reports of suspected Guillain-Barré syndrome in older adults aged 75–79 years after they received the Abrysvo vaccine.…

UK would struggle with emergency response to antimicrobial infection epidemic, MPs warn

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee also said that inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in primary care is “too high”, with an estimated 20% of antibiotic prescriptions deemed unnecessary.…