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Anonymous ID: 7e1675 Nov. 30, 2021, 7:50 a.m. No.15106616   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Boris now calling out the Army again to 'cope' with covid booster vaccinations. And he's offering GPs an extra £2.50 for every injection they do! Hardly much of a deal for those who are offering up their arm for such an assault.!

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10257503/Health-minister-tries-calm-booster-jabs-booking-scramble-says-GPs-contact-people.html

 

Boris Johnson today called in the Army and offered GPs an extra £2.50 for every injection as he pushed for 'another great surge' in vaccinations across the UK to ramp up the booster drive from 340,000 to 500,000 jabs a day and outflank the Omicron variant.

 

The Prime Minister has promised to 'throw everything at it' after the Government's vaccines advisers have expanded the rollout to everyone aged over 18 - and cut the gap between jabs to three months.

 

Visiting a vaccination centre in Tottenham, north London, this afternoon, Boris said: 'I know people will be thinking 'have we got to make another great surge like we did earlier this year?' - and I'm afraid the answer is yes.

 

'We are going to throw everything at it and hope we can do the same thing again. Everybody can see the situation we are in, and the huge amount of progress we have made against the Delta variant. We now have his question about the Omicron variant… while there is doubt about what that variant can do, what we do know is the boosters can give you protection.' Mr Johnson said the 'crucial thing is for everybody to come and get your boosters'.

 

Before today, about 18million people had received a booster out of 25 million who could have come forward. But the change in advice means that 53million Britons in total will eventually qualify for a booster.

 

Despite 500 new vaccination sites opening since April, the rate of vaccination has plunged from 800,000 per day in March this year to just 342,000 on average now.

 

At the current rate, it will take three-and-a-half months for the programme to reach everybody — sometime in March.

 

But the Government wants to ramp up to 500,000 daily jabs, which could see everybody boosted by mid-February, and the most vulnerable much sooner.

 

The booster rollout has been plagued by problems since launching in September, however, which has raised concerns about whether it can cope with the increased capacity.

 

GPs say they are too busy trying to deal with record non-Covid care backlogs that have amassed during the pandemic and figures show there are a third fewer mass vaccination hubs giving out boosters now compared to the initial vaccine rollout.

 

Vulnerable patients say they've had to wait weeks to get a booster appointment because most are being administered in local pharmacies that are operating with limited staff and during limited hours.

 

Mr Johnson spoke out amid grave concerns in the NHS about his 500,000 jabs a day target to outpace Omicron - as ministers lined up GPs to do the work but doctors claimed they are 'burnt out' and warned more face-to-face appointments with patients will have to go if they are expected to help.

 

Today the Health Service Journal reported that from December 1, doctors will receive £15 for each jab given from Monday to Saturday – up from £12.58. This will reach £20 for Sunday and Bank Holiday vaccinations until the end of January. The pay for jabs in care homes and houses will also rise.

 

One NHS chief executive said getting GPs to lead the surge was 'a very big ask, on top of many other very big asks', adding it would be extremely difficult to reach the 3.5million rate due to a lack of medics, volunteers and facilities after a third of vaccination centres closed this summer.

 

A GP practice manager tweeted: 'Cash won't make much difference, it's the workload & workforce that's the problem. Is not just jabbers but the back room engine tracking and calling patients, organising rotas, sorting out logistics etc'.