Booster jabs distributed in England for the pre-Christmas vaccination push are to be thrown away because of a , a leaked NHS memo reveals.
It is not known exactly how many vaccines will be discarded but it is likely to be “hundreds of thousands”, sources told the Service Journal (HSJ), which obtained the memo.
The memo, sent on Thursday from NHS England’s vaccination team to officials managing the 3,000 vaccination sites around the country, said some stocks would reach their expiry dates without being used. It urges them to try to use them up until the last minute before they have to be thrown away.
It is not known exactly how many vaccines will be discarded but it is likely to be “hundreds of thousands”, sources told the Service Journal (HSJ), which obtained the memo.
The memo, sent on Thursday from NHS England’s vaccination team to officials managing the 3,000 vaccination sites around the country, said some stocks would reach their expiry dates without being used. It urges them to try to use them up until the last minute before they have to be thrown away.
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