GPs told to top up flu jab stocks from 8m-dose government reserve
GP practices will be able to request additional supplies of flu vaccine from an 8m-dose government reserve in the coming weeks – with deliveries to arrive in November.
GP practices will be able to request additional supplies of flu vaccine from an 8m-dose government reserve in the coming weeks – with deliveries to arrive in November.
A shortage of chemical reagents used in laboratory testing has forced GPs to stop as many as 70% of tests and has come as a ‘kick in the guts’ for doctors already managing increased clinical risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, GP leaders have said.
The NHS faces a ‘significant problem’ with flu vaccine supplies as it aims to cover more than 30m people this year, the RCGP chair has warned – as GPonline polling found widespread concerns among GPs.
Chronic shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) across the NHS during the first wave of COVID-19 earlier this year cannot be repeated, the BMA has warned, calling on the government to publish the evidence behind its latest PPE strategy.
GPs face a surge in workload over the coming months as the government rolls out the ‘biggest flu programme in history’ amid predictions that a winter COVID-19 spike could claim 120,000 lives.
GPs face a surge in workload over the coming months as the government rolls out the ‘biggest flu programme in history’ amid predictions that a winter COVID-19 spike could claim 120,000 lives.