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A helpline is to be created for double-jabbed patients who miss out on Covid vaccine passports because of widespread admin errors.
The NHS app is currently acting as a Covid certificate for Britons who have received two doses of the vaccine to return from amber list countries without quarantining.
Ministers are now drawing up proposals to make these vaccine passports compulsory to enter pubs, bars, restaurants and clubs by the end of September.
But health officials are planning to launch a new service amid growing concern that hundreds of people have not had their vaccinations recorded correctly, according to The Telegraph.
Managers at vaccination centres told the publication that the problem is very common and arises if staff do not save inputted data.
One NHS vaccination centre manager told the Telegraph: 'The mistakes are happening really regularly, and most often the problem only gets picked up either when they come for their second jab - and we realise there is no record of the first, or now, when people have started looking at their apps, because they need a vaccine passport'.
He added that at some large sites as many as 50 patients a day had been affected by recording errors - many of which were only starting to coming to light now.
Patients are being advised to contact their GP if the app does not offer them the correct pass.
But NHS England has since said a new platform 'to support people with specific queries about their Covid-19 vaccination records' will be launched within
