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NEWS: Practices ordered to complete care home vaccination

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Practices have been ordered to step up vaccination programmes for care homes – completing first doses by 24 January. New guidance from NHS England orders practices to concentrate on care homes and offers a £30 fee for each care home resident vaccinated before 17 January. The fee is a £20 increase on the standard fee…

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NEWS: Practices told to wait for vaccines as other places catch up

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Practices in parts of the UK are finding vaccine deliveries limited because of catch up programmes elsewhere, it was alleged today. The report in the Daily Telegraph suggests vaccine supplies are not keeping up with the success of some practice-based programmes. The government has warned for several days of potential bottlenecks in vaccine supply –…

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NEWS: Some practices refuse to cancel boosters

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Many practices have refused to cancel second appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine, it has been reported. The decision to delay the second dose by 12 weeks dismayed many doctors and practices, partly because patients were already booked in for their three week boosters. The British Medical Association promised to support practices that refused to cancel…

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NEWS: Health workers promised vaccines as sickness rates soar

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A vaccination programme for all doctors will be up and running within the week in England, the government has promised. It came as a GP in one county, Kent, warned that many practices have half their staff off sick with COVID-19. The government promised a programme to include all health and social care workers, delivered…

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NEWS: Frontline doctors promised vaccine as sickness rates rise

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The NHS bowed to growing medical anger yesterday and promised vaccination for frontline staff following the approval of a second COVID-19 vaccine. News of the second vaccine led to practices stepping up preparations for mass programmes – as the UK developed vaccine can be refrigerated at normal temperatures. A letter from NHS England admitted that…

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NEWS: Call for vaccine priority for frontline staff in overwhelmed NHS

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The NHS must urgently rethink its vaccination priorities, ensuring that frontline NHS staff are protected against the new variant COVID-19, the British Medical Association has said. Access to vaccines continues to be “sporadic,” the BMA said, citing reports from its members across the country. BMA chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul wrote to NHS England chief executive…

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MHRA to the left of me, Pfizer to the right, stuck in the middle with COVID…

General practitioner vaccinating old patient in private clinic with copy space. Doctor giving injection to senior woman at hospital. Nurse holding syringe and using cotton before make Covid-19 or coronavirus vaccine.

As I was wondering how to start this blog, for some reason the Stealers Wheel’s song “Stuck In The Middle With You” came into my mind. Now I’m not for one minute saying that MHRA are clowns or Pfizer jokers; I’m merely emphasising that we’re stuck in the middle! Maybe I should have called the…

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