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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

NHS England to investigate why dead people invited for Covid and flu jabs

A masked nurse putting a vaccine into a syringe.
NHS is asking eligible patients to arrange flu and Covid-19 jabs to avoid a winter ‘twindemic’. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

The NHS has launched an investigation after it sent “priority” letters to people who died years ago, in some cases decades, urging them to book flu and Covid-19 jabs to reduce their risk of serious illness.

The health service is asking eligible patients to arrange appointments for both vaccines to avoid a potential “twindemic” of flu and coronavirus this winter, which would pile further pressure on hospitals and GP surgeries.

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