Vaccination

COVID-19 booster campaign: everything we know so far

An outline of the plans for the UK COVID-19 booster vaccination programme.…

Microneedles: a new way to deliver vaccines

Microneedles have long been used in cosmetic procedures, but they offer many advantages for the delivery of vaccines and medicines too, with the COVID-19 pandemic prompting an explosion of research in this area. Here’s how they work.…

Pharmacy technicians can administer flu vaccine under national protocol for England

Exclusive: Public Health England has confirmed that, under the national protocol for administration of inactivated influenza vaccine, pharmacy technicians will be able to prepare and administer the vaccine.…

COVID-19 vaccination could cause ‘red’ results in clozapine monitoring, pharmacists warn

Exclusive: Mental health pharmacists say that clozapine treatment has been discontinued in some patients because of a reduction in white blood cells following infection with COVID-19, but interrupting treatment is not necessarily the right course of action.…

RPS urges government not to end state-backed indemnity for pharmacists delivering COVID-19 vaccinations

In a letter to the vaccines minister, the RPS has asked for plans to end state-provided indemnity insurance to be reconsidered.…

NHS to add 1,000 pharmacy-led sites to COVID-19 vaccination programme ahead of booster campaign

This follows interim advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to revaccinate vulnerable patients against COVID-19 from September 2021.…

Community pharmacy: vaccinating the people that other sites cannot reach

Community pharmacists across the UK are administering COVID-19 vaccinations in cinemas, car parks, village halls and sports venues, reaching people who would struggle to get to major vaccination centres.…

In figures: the biggest flu vaccination campaign in history

While all the attention has been on the COVID-19 vaccination programme, community pharmacy has quietly stepped up to the challenge of helping deliver the largest influenza vaccination campaign in UK history.…

Pharmacies in England delivered 50% more flu jabs per pharmacy during 2020/2021 season

Nine out of the top ten performing pharmacies in delivering flu vaccinations were independents or a branch of an independent multiple.…

How my fellow students’ conversations with family and friends are changing unsure minds about the COVID-19 vaccine

Our extracurricular ‘vaccination champion’ course at University College London is helping students to initiate conversations about vaccination and tackle vaccine hesitancy.…