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The flu jab doesn?t work for over-75s, health chiefs admit: NHS bosses order GPs to switch to vaccine used in Europe for 20 years
GP's have been to to use the European vaccine instead- but it won't be here until next winter
70 per cent of pensioners, who are eligible for the jab on the NHS, have already had the current vaccine so far this winter
The new jab, called Fluad, is particularly effective against a strain which is especially dangerous to the elderly called H3N2, also known as Aussie flu
By Ben Spencer Medical Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 00:32 GMT, 1 January 2018 | Updated: 00:56 GMT, 1 January 2018
Health chiefs have admitted the current flu jab is ineffective for over-75s and ordered doctors to switch to a new version next winter.
NHS England has written to all GPs warning that the vaccine has ?showed no significant effectiveness in this group over recent seasons?...
The flu jab doesn?t work for over-75s, health chiefs admit: NHS bosses order GPs to switch to vaccine used in Europe for 20 years
GP's have been to to use the European vaccine instead- but it won't be here until next winter
70 per cent of pensioners, who are eligible for the jab on the NHS, have already had the current vaccine so far this winter
The new jab, called Fluad, is particularly effective against a strain which is especially dangerous to the elderly called H3N2, also known as Aussie flu
By Ben Spencer Medical Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 00:32 GMT, 1 January 2018 | Updated: 00:56 GMT, 1 January 2018
Health chiefs have admitted the current flu jab is ineffective for over-75s and ordered doctors to switch to a new version next winter.
NHS England has written to all GPs warning that the vaccine has ?showed no significant effectiveness in this group over recent seasons?...