COVID-19: Concerns about 'scale and pace' of booster programme with NHS 'already beyond full stretch'

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To meet the target of giving every adult in England a third COVID-19 jab by the end of December, the NHS will have to postpone some appointments into the new year - but health leaders are warning that this may not be enough.

Pat Cullen, general secretary and chief executive at the Royal College of Nursing, said:"We are concerned about the scale and pace of this expansion, given these same nurses are already facing huge demands under existing unsustainable pressures in every part of the UK health and care system."

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting told Sky News the government needs to make sure the health service has the resources it needs to deliver the programme. "I understand people will be worried, especially if their appointments are rearranged into January," he said. "I think what we've got to bear in mind that if we don't get Britain boosted, and if this virus spreads even more rapidly than it already is, the NHS will be hit with disruption anyway, because of increased hospitalisations and pressure on the NHS in the busiest months of the year, so the campaign to get Britain boosted will also help to bring down those record high waiting lists.

 

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When I got the first two vaccines it was rapid at the surgery, slick n quick. The booster was lining up in a queue! And the nurse was so slow so many questions. Even the jab hurt although that was the poor skill of the guy. The place was heaving. Probably the flu jab slowing pace

What's in this vaccine... Water? We going to need 3 shots a year to have any freedom? Getting ridiculous!

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