NHS England has announced that it will recommission the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination programme in 2016/17. The terms and fees for the recommissioned service will remain the same as in 2015/16, while further guidance will be issued to contractors once legislation and associated documents have been updated to take into account the recommissioning of [...]
New research from the University of Birmingham has shown that flu vaccinations are more effective when administered in the morning. The findings, published in the journal Vaccine, suggest administering vaccinations in the morning, rather than the afternoon, could induce greater, and thus more protective, antibody responses. 24 general practices in the West Midlands, UK, were analysed [...]
Sanofi Pasteur MSD announced that the European Commission has approved a two-dose schedule for adolescent girls and boys aged 9 to 14 for GARDASIL®9, its 9-valent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, for use in the 31 countries regulated by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). This new schedule brings the label for GARDASIL®9 in line with recommendations [...]
The latest report from the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), recently released, highlights the lack of vaccines and alternative approaches to antibiotics available for doctors to use to tackle many of our most urgent drug resistance threats and calls for more investment into developing these products. Responding to the report and a call from Jim [...]
To further understand the profile of people who are accessing the flu vaccination services in community pharmacies, a new study by Boots UK and the University of Nottingham was undertaken and has revealed a series of insights. The primary aim of the study was to gain knowledge of who was utilising the flu vaccination services [...]
