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Covid booster jabs will be available at walk-in clinics from today in a push to speed up the sluggish rollout of top-up doses before the winter.
Eligible patients will now be able to turn up for their injection instead of having to book an appointment, NHS chiefs announced last night.
All over-50s can get a booster from six months after their second jab but they have previously had to wait for an invitation from their GP in order to arrange an appointment.
So far 6.7million people in England have had the booster, just over half of the 12.6million who are eligible
However, from today hundreds of walk-in sites across the country will offer boosters without the need to reserve a slot.
Individuals are advised to use the NHS online walk-in finder to check where their nearest centre is.
NHS England said almost everyone lives within ten miles of a fixed vaccination site.
Officials hope the move will drastically improve the slow take-up of the booster jabs to prevent the need for further lockdown restrictions.
Ministers have been under pressure to ‘turbo-charge’ the booster rollout to prevent another winter surge and further restrictions
Latest data shows that nearly six million eligible adults in England are yet to have their third dose.
This weekend Boris Johnson warned that those who have been double-jabbed should
