Vaccination

While some multiples have kept costs cut, all but one of the biggest pharmacy chains have upped the price of private winter flu jabs for 2024…  

The national commissioner plans to “stand up” community pharmacy in a future pandemic situation if vaccination rollout needs to be “augmented”, it has revealed.

Pharmacy technicians with “appropriate” training can supply and administer flu vaccinations when the season starts on September 1, according to new a PGD for the NHS programme.

Elderly patients will be eligible to receive the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine from September 1 in some community pharmacies, the government has announced.

A local commissioner has expanded its pharmacy MMR jab catch-up campaign to young people aged 16-25, it has announced.

NHS England (NHSE) has revealed the autumn adult flu vaccination programme start date, while instructing pharmacies to secure alternatives to one unavailable vaccine.  

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has said there are “no plans” to roll out the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine from community pharmacies in Northern Ireland, despite a recent influx of cases. 

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 health and social care committee (HSCC) has called for a “long-term vision” for clinical services in community pharmacies including a raft of service expansions.

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.