Furious medics say they were told to bin leftover Covid-19 vaccines rather than give patients or frontline staff second jabs.
There were reports of doctors at six workplaces dumping vaccines and GPs being ordered not to give second shots. British Medical Association chairman Dr Chaand Nagpaul said this was “absolutely unacceptable” and urged NHS England to clarify that doctors can use unused vaccines on, if necessary, patients in other priority groups.
Yorkshire GP Dr Brian McGregor and Dr Bob Morley, of GP support group Birmingham Local Medical Committee, claimed NHS England had ordered staff to dispose of unused doses rather than give a second jab.