the process of contacting people has been difficult. we re also having to just deal with the day to day workload, and that s huge. it s no secret the demand has gone through the roof recently. lots of evidence to support that. so, you know, we re having to work out what to prioritise, and i think that the booster prioritisation perhaps is falling down the list a bit because of what we re being asked to do. in wales, scotland and northern ireland, those eligible for boosters are being contacted by letter, text or phone call, with the programme rolled out in stages. take up of vaccines amongst older age groups has reached close to 100%. that s what figures for first doses in england show. but amongst younger age groups, it s closer to 50%, and a lot lower for 12 15 year olds, but that programme only began a month ago. ministers know they need to step up the campaign to get more younger people vaccinated as part of what they call
people has been difficult. we re also having to just deal with the day to day workload, and that s huge. it s no secret the demand has gone through the roof recently. lots of evidence to support that. so, you know, we re having to work out what to prioritise, and i think that the booster prioritisation perhaps is falling down the list a bit because of what we re being asked to do. in wales, scotland and northern ireland, those eligible for boosters are being contacted by letter, text or phone call, with the programme rolled out in stages. take up of vaccines amongst older age groups has reached close to 100%. that s what figures for first doses in england show. but amongst younger age groups, it s closer to 50%, and a lot lower for 12 15 year olds, but that programme only began a month ago. ministers know they need to step up the campaign to get more younger people vaccinated as part of what they call the wall of defence against the virus, with pleas that if people don t come forward f
system, gp practices are continuing to run vaccination clinics and centres, but some say the process of contacting people has been difficult. we re also having to just deal with the day to day workload, and that s huge. it s no secret the demand has gone through the roof recently. lots of evidence to support that. so, you know, we re having to work out what to prioritise, and i think that the booster prioritisation perhaps is falling down the list a bit because of what we re being asked to do. in wales, scotland and northern ireland, those eligible for boosters are being contacted by letter, text or phone call, with the programme rolled out in stages. take up of vaccines amongst older age groups has reached close to 100%. that s what figures for first doses in england show. but amongst younger age groups, it s closer to 50%, and a lot lower for 12 15 year olds, but that programme only began a month ago. ministers know they need to step up the campaign to get more younger
workload, and that s huge. there s no secret of the demand has gone through the roof recently. lots of evidence to support that. so, you know, we re having to work out what to prioritise, and i think that the booster prioritisation perhaps is falling down the list a bit because of what we re being asked to do. in wales, scotland and northern ireland, those eligible for boosters are being contacted by letter, text or phone call, with the programme rolled out in stages. take up of vaccines amongst older age groups has reached close to 100%. that s what figures for first doses in england show. but amongst younger age groups, it s closer to 50%, and a lot lower for 12 15 year olds. but that programme only began a month ago. ministers know they need to step up the campaign to get more younger people vaccinated as part of what they call the wall of defence against the virus, with pleas that if people don t come forward forjabs, restrictions on england may be required.
after a second dose. 0ne mp s complained that some constituents were struggling to get appointments, but nhs sources said the system overall was actually working pretty well. in parallel with the national system, gp practices are continuing to run vaccination clinics and centres, but some say the process of contacting people has been difficult. we re also having to just deal with the day to day workload, and that s huge. it s no secret the demand has gone through the roof recently. lots of evidence to support that. so, you know, we re having to work out what to prioritise, and i think that the booster prioritisation perhaps is falling down the list a bit because of what we re being asked to do. in wales, scotland and northern ireland, those eligible for boosters are being contacted by letter, text or phone call, with the programme rolled out in stages. take up of vaccines amongst older age groups has reached close to 100%. that s what figures for first doses in england show. but amongs