Almost a third of community pharmacies providing COVID-19 jabs during autumn booster season More than 3,500 pharmacies in England are registered to provide COVID-19 vaccinations for the 2023 autumn booster programme.…
Government reverts to September start date for flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes The vaccination programmes will now begin in September 2023, rather than October, owing to concerns over a new COVID-19 variant.…
For want of a jab… are vaccines out of fashion for NHS England? This month, The Pharmaceutical Journal’s health policy columnist questions the government’s decisions to reduce the COVID-19 vaccination fee and delay the flu vaccination programme.…
Community pharmacies could take legal action over delayed flu vaccination programme, says NPA The National Pharmacy Association says NHS England should be held responsible for financial losses incurred by the late announcement of the delay.…
Government consults on allowing pharmacy technicians to supply medicines under a patient group direction The change to regulations would allow pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines and certain medicines.…
Pharmacy bodies call for ‘immediate intervention’ from health secretary to halt flu vaccinations delay Community Pharmacy England has also written to ministers warning of "administrative chaos" for pharmacies and that "hundreds of thousands" of patients may miss out on vaccines if the flu vaccination service begins in October.…
Change to flu vaccination programme start date ‘extremely frustrating’, say negotiators Community Pharmacy England has said a delayed start date to the flu vaccination programme could affect patients who have booked an early jab, and pharmacies that have ordered vaccines based on the usual 1 September start date.…
MPs back expansion of routine vaccination delivery by pharmacists The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has called for urgent action to tackle declining vaccination rates among children.…
Regulator approves first RSV vaccine for older adults Data suggest that respiratory syncytial virus accounts for 8,000 deaths each year in adults aged 60 years and over in the UK.…
Community pharmacy delivers more than 5 million flu vaccinations for the first time The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed it is considering expanding the National Flu Vaccination Service to secondary school-aged children in England.…
