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Pharmacists hit out at plan to scale back free flu jabs in England
Decision by ministers to cut number of people eligible for free winter flu jabs criticised as ‘shortsighted’
Pharmacists have criticised as “shortsighted” the government’s decision to cut the number of people in England who get a free winter flu jab, especially with Covid-19 still circulating.
Ministers have decided that people aged 50-64 and schoolchildren aged 11-15 will not be eligible to receive the vaccine on the NHS next winter as part of the new “living with Covid” strategy. The change means millions of people will have to pay for the jab privately.
Read the original article at The Guardian