Every care home in England visited by coronavirus and flu vaccine teams – NHS
Some 15,019 care homes across the country have been visited by vaccination teams, NHS England said.
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Your support makes all the difference.The NHS has visited every care home in England to deliver coronavirus booster and flu jabs, it has said.
Some 15,019 care homes across the country have been visited by vaccination teams – with 88.6% of eligible residents boosted, NHS England said.
This includes hundreds of homes which needed to have visits rearranged because of Covid-19 outbreaks.
Residents who have not yet received their booster can receive one either through a vaccine team returning to a home, through their GP or via the National Booking Service.
Care home residents are among those we prioritised at the start of this rollout to make sure our hard-working teams of vaccinators could get to as many care homes and provide protection to as many residents as quickly as possible.
NHS national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: “I am delighted that our dedicated NHS staff have been able to go into every care home in England in the last 12 weeks to make sure residents are protected ahead of Christmas, meaning they can spend much needed time with family and friends without the anxiety of spreading Covid and its potential consequences.
“It is fantastic that so many residents are already up to date with their jabs and I’d encourage everyone eligible to get vaccinated as soon as possible as we head into colder months where we notoriously see increased illness and hospitalisation – especially among the elderly.”
NHS director for vaccinations and screening Steve Russell said: “Care home residents are among those we prioritised at the start of this rollout to make sure our hard-working teams of vaccinators could get to as many care homes and provide protection to as many residents as quickly as possible.
“We have now visited every care home to offer life-saving protection from Covid just in time to make sure loved ones can spend time together this Christmas and I would urge anyone eligible but yet to get their jab to book an appointment now.”