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NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) CEO Amanda Pritchard chose to receive her COVID-19 booster and flu jab at Junction Pharmacy in Brixton, south London, it has been announced.
Superintendent pharmacist Bhaveen Patel administered both jabs yesterday morning (December 6), after noticing that the NHSE&I CEO had not yet had her flu vaccine.
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Confirmation of the unchanging fees comes as NHS England (NHSE) has asked pharmacies to prepare for the autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes to start in October, or September for pregnant women.
The new private COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by Novavax and delivered for the first time in the UK by an independent pharmacy, is almost half the price of the Pfizer jab offered by Boots.
