The most senior nurse in the NHS has called for the whole country to rally in a vaccines push before Christmas to get the country boosted against COVID. Last week saw the highest ever number of COVID-19 booster vaccines given in England as bookings opened to every eligible adult from Wednesday (15 December) – and […]

The NHS delivered another record-breaking day for booster jabs with more than 830,000 reported on ‘super Saturday’ as the NHS booster programme continues at pace. A total of 830,403 boosters were delivered and 906,656 vaccinations altogether, including more first and second vaccinations – both records for the programme. The biggest and most successful vaccination programme […]

The NHS in England delivered nearly four million booster vaccines this week, recording a week to week jump in boosters of more than two-thirds, as NHS staff and volunteers accelerated the booster campaign as part of the drive to protect the public from the new Omicron variant. Since Monday, the day after the announcement of […]

The NHS continues to ramp up the nation’s defences with 739,867 doses reported on Thursday and 740,775 on Friday, in England. Dr Emily Lawson, director of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme in England, said: “Hitting two record booster days in a row just shows how hard NHS staff and volunteers are working to protect the nation […]

Sporting venues, shopping centres and Christmas markets are being transformed into COVID vaccination sites this weekend as NHS staff seek to protect as many people as possible from the powerful new Omicron strain. With COVID causing havoc with weekend football fixtures fans can pick up a jab at grounds including Liverpool’s Anfield, Chelsea FC’s Stamford […]

The country’s top nurse has praised the incredible efforts of health service staff, volunteers and NHS returners – and urged other former and future colleagues to join up too to help combat Omicron. Chief Nurse Ruth May called on student nurses, medical students and doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals who have retired to enlist […]

The NHS COVID vaccination programme delivered another daily booster jab record yesterday (Wednesday) with over 626,000 reported in just one day. There were 626,846 new boosters reported – an increase of 84% from the 340,615 recorded on the previous Wednesday. Bookings for boosters also continued to surge with a record 821,075 appointments for top-ups made […]

The NHS delivered the highest daily number of booster jabs on record yesterday (Tuesday) while bookings continue to surge, as the NHS COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues to expand. A total of 611,976 jabs were reported yesterday, including a daily high of 548,039 booster vaccines. The previous daily record was on Saturday (11 December) when 483,361 […]

Every eligible adult can book their booster jab from today as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination programme seeks to protect the nation from the new Omicron strain of the virus. People aged 18 to 29 can now use the national booking service to make an appointment to get their jab at one of thousands of centres […]

More than 650,000 booster bookings were made yesterday (Monday) as the NHS kickstarted the expansion of its world-leading COVID-19 vaccination programme. Yesterday was the second highest day for booster bookings as the online service opened to all eligible people aged 30 and above. A total of 704,148 vaccine appointments were made, including 655,170 for boosters. […]