More than quarter of care home residents yet to receive booster shot

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MORE than a quarter of care home residents haven’t yet had a booster jab amid fears of an Omicron surge, new data showed. NHS England figures show just 72 per cent of residents have had a thi…

"Worrying new data showing that over a quarter of people in care homes are yet to have their booster jab is providing further cause for concern.

He added: "The promise to offer jabs to all people living in care homes by November 1 is also now long overdue."We’re left wondering whether the vaccination drive in care homes has ground to a halt to make way for lower risk groups before the Government has met its promise to the most vulnerable.”But health provides fear the death toll is "thousands" higher than official figures from independent regulator the Care Quality Commission .

“A lot of GPs are not on board anymore because they have other priorities, and that has been a problem for us.Nadra Ahmed, chairman of the National Care Association"We have pharmacies instead, and sometimes they don’t turn up on the agreed date or they don’t have supply of the vaccine.”

 

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