Vaccination

Pharmacy team first in the UK to prepare vaccination for COVID-19

The pharmacy team at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire trust has become the first in the UK to draw up a COVID-19 vaccine for clinical use.…

Hospital pharmacists oversee ‘safe handling’ of COVID-19 vaccines in vaccination centres

Hospital pharmacists working in vaccination centres and hospital hubs are given the “lead responsibility” for ensuring COVID-19 vaccines are safely handled and administered, England’s chief pharmaceutical officer has said.…

‘Small number’ of pharmacies bid to administer newly approved COVID-19 vaccines

Only a ‘small number’ of independent multiples have applied to administer COVID-19 vaccines from designated pharmacy-led sites, the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies has said.…

How our UK-based training provider taught the first Hong Kong Chinese pharmacist to vaccinate

With an additional 7,000 medical staff needed to vaccinate the population of Hong Kong against COVID-19, UK-based Voyager Medical took its years of experience in vaccination training to the city to teach its first pharmacists to administer flu vaccines in preparation.…

NHS England to choose ‘selected’ number of pharmacies to deliver at least 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines per week

Pharmacies designated as COVID-19 vaccination sites by NHS England will need to administer “at least 1,000 vaccines each week” if they are to become part of the national vaccine delivery programme.…

Pharmacies should be allowed to set aside time solely for vaccination delivery, pharmacy negotiator says

Pharmacy teams should be able to spend part of the day focusing entirely on vaccination delivery during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has said.…

Pharmacies must be at the forefront of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign

It will not be easy to deliver the huge COVID-19 vaccination programme, but there is no doubt that the profession can step up to the challenge, with community pharmacy playing a vital role.…

COVID-19 vaccines: send us your questions

With positive trial results for potential COVID-19 vaccines coming thick and fast, we plan to dig beneath the headlines and answer your questions.…

UK COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective using one dosage regimen, trial data suggest

The COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University is up to 90% effective in preventing COVID-19, interim analysis of trial data suggests. …

Pharmacy multiples suspend online flu vaccine booking owing to ‘unprecedented demand’

Three of the UK’s largest pharmacy multiples have suspended online bookings for flu vaccinations owing to high demand.…