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Summary: New joint service specification for COVID-19 and adult flu vaccinations published. COVID-19 vaccinations become an Advanced service. Fees for both vaccinations uplifted, but additional fee for housebound patients removed. Pharmacy owners must use the National Booking Service (NBS) for COVID-19 vaccinations, but this is still not a requirement for flu. Registration for spring COVID-19 [...]

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Following public calls to encourage people to get their flu vaccination to be protected ahead of the festive holidays, NHS England has assured pharmacy owners that flu vaccine stocks remain available to order. Where pharmacy owners have exhausted their original flu vaccine stock, flu vaccine supply may still be available from some wholesalers. Alternatively, as [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has released a series of resources to help pharmacy owners and their teams to implement and promote the new Community Pharmacy NHS Childhood Flu Vaccination Service. A variety of resources are available to read and download, including checklists, a briefing guide, posters, social media content, flyers and a local press release. The [...]

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NHS England has authorised and published the patient group direction (PGD) for use in the new Childhood Flu Vaccination Advanced service from 1st October 2025. The publication of the PGD, follows the earlier announcement of the launch of the service and the publication of the childhood flu service specification. Download the NHS Childhood Flu Vaccination [...]

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Pharmacy owners are reminded that while the flu vaccination service can be provided to pregnant women from 1st September 2025, vaccination of all other eligible adult cohorts for the 2025/26 campaign cannot commence until 1st October 2025. Read our earlier news story for further context National Booking System (NBS) If a pharmacy owner would like to take up [...]

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