there really is quite frightening because all of this talk about the new variants and the thought that it could be more dangerous for old people whose immunity wanes faster, we absolutely have to accelerate this programme. no dispute from us at age uk about the nhs privatising the booster programme. it has gone a bit wrong and they absolutely need to sort it. the question is how do they free up gps in order to get them to help. if that means laying some checks for people that are looking at risk factors rather than really threats like covid, then i think that is justifiable. we are not clear at this stage exactly what they mean they are going to stop because there aren t special checks for over 75 so whether that means if you are over 75 and you normally may be have your blood pressure checked every three months that they are going to delay it for a bit, we will have to find out. but there are not special checks for over 75. henge have to find out. but there are not special checks for