Re: NHS attempts to save £3 per flu jab have fuelled winter crisis as 'Japanese flu' spre
I don't know why they try to give it free, many of us would happily pay for it, when my husband couldn't get an appointment he popped next door to the surgery and the pharmacy chappy did it for a small fee.Re: NHS attempts to save £3 per flu jab have fuelled winter crisis as 'Japanese flu' spre
Re: NHS attempts to save £3 per flu jab have fuelled winter crisis as 'Japanese flu' spre
I guess the trouble is that when they do spend and prepare for an epidemic as they did on tamiflu etc. they then get criticised when an epidemic doesn't materialise. So they can't really win can they? It's impossible to keep up with flu strains.Re: NHS attempts to save £3 per flu jab have fuelled winter crisis as 'Japanese flu' spre
There was a more expensive vaccine called quadrivalent Mups but most GP surgeries used trivalent because that was the stock they had bought. The first protects against four strains (2 regular flu and 2 nasty types like Aus flu) and the second against 3 (2 regular and 1 nasty). As I understand it the vaccines for children (nasal spray) are a type of quadrivalent. But as at the start of this year's flu season they hadn't decided to roll out quadrivalent for adults (injections) as they were still assessing the risk of pandemic vs risk of wasting millions.
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