Vaccination

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.…

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.…