The four-year contract has been awarded to GSK and Baxter Healthcare, which will make the vaccine available once the pandemic strain is identified and made available by the World Health Organisation.
Health minister Dawn Primarolo said: 'These contracts mean the UK is on the front foot if a flu pandemic occurs.'
Providers and commissioners are coming forward to work together more strategically to deliver better outcomes for their local populations, say Dr Gordon Macmillan and Dr Chirag Bakhai
Jeremy Hunt’s statement in Parliament about failures in the national breast screening programme was based on incorrect information from Public Health England, according to an independent review published today.
The supply of district nurses coming into the NHS could drop to zero in 2021 unless the government provides additional funding, it has emerged.
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