GPs expect major COVID vaccination role as soon as first doses are ready

GPs are expecting to be heavily involved in delivering COVID-19 vaccination in England as soon as doses become available - despite suggestions from health and social care secretary Matt Hancock that mass vaccination sites and hospitals would deliver 'the bulk of the campaign this year'.

by Nick Bostock
Coronavirus vaccine plans (Photo: Radoslav Zilinsky/Getty Images)
Coronavirus vaccine plans (Photo: Radoslav Zilinsky/Getty Images)

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