Vaccination

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.…

How to address vaccine hesitancy

Despite the proven efficacy of vaccines, vaccine hesitancy is a growing problem. This article highlights how pharmacists and pharmacy teams can address vaccine hesitancy and allay patient concerns in the context of COVID-19 vaccines.…

COVID-19 vaccines have prevented more than 10,000 deaths in England, PHE says

Public Health England has calculated that 10,400 deaths have been prevented in England by the COVID-19 vaccination programme.…

Community pharmacists administer almost 3 million flu jabs in 2020–2021

There have been at least 2.6 million vaccines administered by community pharmacy in England during the 2020–2021 flu vaccination programme.…

The COVID-19 vaccine programme is a sprint, but pharmacists must lead the marathon

Coronavirus vaccines are here to stay, but vaccine sites are only temporary — given the pressures the system are under, community pharmacy should lead this vaccination programme in the future.…

Pharmacy-led vaccination centres to double to 400 sites by end of March 2021

Pharmacy minister Jo Churchill told the House of Commons the government is still in discussions about the reimbursement of COVID-19 costs incurred by community pharmacies.…

Government plans COVID-19 revaccination campaign

Pharmacies "will be key" to the success of a COVID-19 revaccination programme in autumn/winter 2021.…

Everything you need to know about the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme

Here is what we know so far about how the NHS plans to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine.…

‘My job is fairly easy compared with yours, isn’t it?’ — what this PJ reporter learned volunteering for the COVID-19 vaccination service

Pharmacy journalist Corrinne Burns thought she knew the profession until she signed up to support her local pharmacy’s COVID-19 vaccine effort.…

How I’m leading my health centre’s COVID-19 vaccination as the only pharmacist on the GP coordinating board

Pharmacist Shilpa Patel put her travel clinic experience to good use when she stepped up to lead the Brighton Health and Wellbeing Centre’s COVID-19 vaccination service.…