With the annual flu season now in full swing, it has never been so important for certain patient groups to be administered the flu vaccination. With the Coronvirus pandemic entering its second wave, this undoubtably will be a very busy flu season for practices across the nation.

As we get ever closer in developing a COVID-19 vaccine, practice managers will no doubt be thinking ahead about storage capacity. The Government have already reserved 90 million doses of two COVID-19 vaccine candidates that should they prove safe and effective could be rolled out as early as the first quarter of 2021.  In addition, the government recently announced new measures to support the roll-out of vaccines with more healthcare works being trained, in particular individuals that currently work outside NHS settings.

Now is a good time to start thinking ahead for your practice. Does your practice have the capacity to store flu and COVID vaccinations at the same time?

Here at Primary Care Supplies we partner with LABCOLD where we have great offers to help GP practices get prepared as we get closer to developing a safe vaccination for COVID.