Thank you @nigelpraities for asking the question about community pharmacy reimbursement to the PM - time for @PSNCNews to strike whilst the iron is hot! Boris said he won’t see any pharmacy close - the government need to step up and deliver on his promise!
Andrew Hodgson, owner and pharmacist at Andrew’s #pharmacy Macclesfield, on giving his first #CovidVaccine today.
Fittingly he is giving the AstraZeneca vaccine, now Macclesfield’s biggest employer.
@Geri_E_L_Scott Thank you for asking your question today regarding community pharmacy - completely underwhelmed by Mr Hancock’s response. The government wants a rapid vaccination strategy, the public want to access it in a local, convenient setting...why the delay?? Frustrating!
Great to hear @yorkshirepost ask @MattHancock about community pharmacy’s role in the COVID vaccination programme - we are here ready and waiting to deliver the vaccination to millions that need it in their local communities.
@d_masser @RidgeOnSunday Community pharmacy delivers the flu vaccination every year with details sent to GP surgeries to update records so the infrastructure for mass reporting of vaccinations is already in place.
@RidgeOnSunday Can you press Matt Hancock on how long it will take to expand the 200 to 10k+ community pharmacies ready to ease the pressure on the NHS? This would equate to millions of extra vaccines delivered per month, easily accessible to every community. #ridge
@huma2910@BBCPolitics Absolutely - both need addressing rapidly as what is available now or the short-term planned expansion simply won’t deliver enough vaccinations to ease the restrictions quick enough. We will still be in this mess come the winter 2021.
10k community pharmacies...20 jabs a day...100 jabs a week...400 a month...4m people vaccinated per month easily! Local, trusted, easily accessed, under-utilised resource ready to deliver to protect the NHS and save lives at pace! @MattHancock@JonAshworth#Covid19UK
Uplift of 2.5m flu jabs this year according to Sir Simon Stevens - all down to GPs?? When will community pharmacists get the credit we deserve for helping to protect the nation and the #NHS??
@emmasp123 @catie_curtin @ledwardsxo Why not just go the full hog and whack the tablespoon out - who wants to waste time precisely layering on sugar with a teaspoon??