Health leaders welcome guidance as they accelerate booster campaign

Responding to guidance published by NHS England and Improvement (NHSEI) regarding the coronavirus vaccine booster rollout, Ruth Rankine, director of primary care at the NHS Confederation said:

“Following the Government's announcement to ramp up the booster programme we welcome the guidance from NHS England as to how they will support the NHS to deliver this. The NHS is already under a huge amount of pressure, and this will intensify as we head into deep midwinter and our members have been concerned about how this can be achieved at the same time as managing their increasing workload pressures.

“Hopefully this guidance will free up much-needed time for primary care teams to vaccinate at speed and to prioritise patients with the greatest clinical need.

“The additional support on offer to ease primary care workload, put maximum effort into ensuring we have enough workforce to deliver the programme and provide additional funding will be a relief to those who on the front-line who are vital to the success of the programme.”