Pharmacy2U rolls out drive-through flu jabs with St John Ambulance

Pharmacy2U will offer NHS and private flu vaccination clinics at drive-through centres this winter, in partnership with the first-aid charity St John Ambulance, it has announced.

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The first Pharmacy2U flu vaccination clinics are expected to take place tomorrow (November 25)

Following a “successful trial” at the Pharmacy2U head office in Leeds last month, the online pharmacy is rolling out its drive-through flu vaccination service nationally from this week, it said in a joint announcement with St John Ambulance last week (November 18).

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