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NHS England is undertaking an evaluation of the provision of the childhood flu vaccination Advanced service. The service was commissioned to provide flu vaccinations to two and three-year-olds in community pharmacies during the 2025/26 campaign as part of a one season trial. Community pharmacies are invited to share their experiences of the service. Feedback will [...]

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NHS England has authorised and published a vaccine group direction (VGD) for use in the Spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccination campaign. VGDs are a new legal route which can be used to authorise administration of vaccines. They operate in a similar way to a PGD, with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians operating as the clinician, but with [...]

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Spring 2026 campaign bookings open Pharmacy owners are reminded that the public will be able to book COVID-19 vaccination appointments via the national booking service (NBS) from 7th April 2026 for vaccination from Monday, 13th April 2026. Pharmacy owners are advised to load their intended appointments so that the public can book available appointments as [...]

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Pharmacy owners are reminded that the NHS Flu Vaccination Service ends on 31st March 2026. Pharmacy teams should not administer any further vaccinations under this service after this date. Pharmacy owners are reminded to ensure they have submitted their claims for payment for the service. These should be submitted within one month of, and no [...]

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NHS England has authorised and published the patient group direction (PGD) for use in the Spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Download the Spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccination PGD The publication of the PGD, follows the earlier publication of a guide to support vaccination sites who intend to participate in the spring programme. The legislation which enabled the development [...]

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