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Tots offered free spray in pharmacies to boost uptake
Shields Gazette
|September 26, 2025
Toddlers will be able to get the free NHS nasal flu spray in pharmacies for the first time under plans to increase uptake.
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Traditionally the spray was given to twoand three-year-olds at their local GP surgery.
But now almost 4,000 pharmacies in England have signed up to deliver the spray, offering parents more choice.
Parents can book appointments or attend walk in sessions, NHS officials said.
It is hoped that the initiative will help drive up numbers who take up the offer of the spray, with figures showing that just over two in five eligible children took up the offer last year.
This story is from the September 26, 2025 edition of Shields Gazette.
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