Wednesday, October 21, 2009

UK postal strike "threat" to Swine Flu vaccines...

The swine flu vaccination programme has begun with seriously ill patients in hospital and front line health and social care workers receiving the jab this week.
From Monday GPs will be receiving deliveries of the vaccine, called Pandemrix, and will begin calling in pregnant woman and people with long-term illnesses for appointments. There are fears the backlog of post following the strikes will affect the programme meaning people could miss their appointments and their vaccinations could be delayed....

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