NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard today announced that Dr Emily Lawson is returning to lead the NHS COVID vaccination programme. Professor Willett has overseen the launch of the boosters programme after Dr Lawson was seconded to Downing Street as director of the Number 10 delivery unit. Dr Lawson is stepping back into the post as […]
COVID booster jabs have been delivered or booked in at almost nine in 10 care homes as the NHS vaccination programme accelerates ahead of winter. Around 6,000 care homes have already been visited while a further 3,700 homes have visits scheduled within the coming days and weeks, as part of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme. […]
Parents will be able to book COVID-19 vaccinations online for their 12-15 year old children from the end of today (Friday) with appointments available as soon as tomorrow, the NHS has announced. People will be able to go online and check the National Booking Service to see if their local site has appointments to vaccinate […]
The NHS is sending out almost two million more invitations this week to people who are eligible for their vital COVID-19 booster vaccine ahead of winter. More than four million people have already received the additional life-saving jab since the largest vaccination programme in NHS history began administering them a month ago, just two days […]
More than three million top up COVID-19 jabs have been delivered in just four weeks, as the NHS vaccination rollout continues to protect those most at risk from coronavirus. A total of 3.1 million top ups have been administered with two in five people aged 50 and over who are eligible already coming forward for […]
NHS staff are continuing to increase the amount of non-urgent care provided to patients, despite experiencing the busiest September on record, new figures show today. Major A&Es treated over 1.39 million people during September – the highest ever for the month and all while staff cared for thousands of COVID patients. The new figures, published […]
The NHS is encouraging pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine as new data shows that nearly 20 per cent of the most critically ill COVID patients are pregnant women who have not been vaccinated. Since July, one in five COVID patients receiving treatment through a special lung-bypass machine were expectant mums who have not […]
More than two million top up COVID-19 jabs have been delivered in just three weeks, as the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme continues to protect those most at risk from coronavirus. People have been quick to take up the offer of a life-saving COVID jab ahead of winter – with a total of 2.08 million top […]
The NHS has administered more than 850,000 vital top up jabs, as the biggest and most successful vaccination drive in health history continues. A total of 863,460 people have already had their top up jab, including boosters and some third doses, since the NHS launched its booster programme. More than a million people have already […]
The NHS is inviting over one million more people who are most at risk from COVID for their booster vaccine this week as the next phase of the NHS vaccination programme continues at pace. Since the national booking system opened up for bookings for boosters on Tuesday (21 Sept), almost 850,000 people have already booked […]