The NHS vaccination programme will offer every adult the chance to book a COVID-19 booster vaccine by the end of the year in a race to protect the nation against the Omicron variant. As part of the biggest and fastest vaccine programme in health service history, online bookings are available for all those in their […]

NHS national medical director Professor Stephen Powis said: “Thanks to the hard work of health service staff and our brilliant volunteers the NHS COVID vaccination programme delivered a record 483,361 booster jabs in England yesterday. “Scientists are very concerned about the spread of Omicron due to the speed with which it spreads and because two […]

People aged 30 and over will be able to book an appointment for their life-saving COVID-19 booster jab from tomorrow (Monday 13 December) as the NHS vaccine programme extends once again. The national booking system will open to everyone aged 30 to 39 so that they can arrange a top-up three months on from their […]

More than 620,000 people snapped up COVID booster jab appointments over the last two days after the NHS Vaccination programme opened to allow those age 40 and over to book their life-saving top-up three months on from their second dose. Seven million more people have become eligible to book a jab as a result of […]

More than 410,000 people snapped up booster appointments yesterday (Wednesday 8 December) after the National Booking Service (NBS) opened to those age 40 and over to book their life-saving top-up after the updated three-month interval. Almost half a million jabs were booked through the NBS in total, including 20,559 first doses and 39,623 second doses […]

NHS staff answered the highest number of 999 calls for any November on record, an average of around one every three seconds, new figures revealed today. Last month was also the second busiest November on record for A&E with more than two million patients seen at emergency departments and urgent treatment centres. That was up […]

People aged 40 and over, along with those in high risk groups, will be able to book in for their life-saving COVID booster jab three months after their second dose as the NHS vaccine programme is extended today. The online booking system for vaccines will be updated this morning and details will be updated on […]

The NHS is launching a drive to recruit 10,000 vaccination workers today on the ‘jabiversary’ of the first Pfizer jab. The health service made history when Margaret Keenan received the jab at Coventry a year ago, launching the NHS vaccination programme, the world’s first national effort to protect people against the virus. Twelve months on, […]

NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard today urged people to get their COVID-19 booster vaccine as she joined over 17 million people in England who have had their top-up jab. The NHS chief got a dose in each arm as she also received the flu vaccine from Bhaveen, a pharmacist at the Junction Pharmacy in Brixton, […]

More than one million appointments for vital COVID-19 booster jabs have been snapped up so far this week, the NHS said today. Since Monday, 1,077,514 bookings have been made for the life-saving booster jab, as the biggest and most successful vaccination programme in NHS history enters its most complex phase. On Monday, 342,983 boosters were […]