Commenting on this announcement, the Royal College of General
Practitioners (RCGP) said:
"We want to praise the work of GPs who last year delivered the highest
ever flu vaccination rate of 75.3% in the over 65s. With this latest
announcement GPs will need to have a good idea of how long we will be
without full stocks of the flu vaccine. In the meantime, we would urge
GPs to intensify their arrangements to deliver the vaccine they have
over a shorter period. Ideally additional protection from flu should be
offered to the at-risk groups before November when flu often begins to
set in. We also support the CMO's recommendations on which at-risk
groups to target with the vaccine first to avoid pressure on GP
vaccination systems."
Dr Douglas Fleming, Director of the RCGP Flu Unit
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