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Come out of this pandemic for people to think again about the vaccines they might have missed out on and come forward. in particular, people leaving school need to make sure they have a meningitis jack before they have a meningitis jack before they go either to university or start work in the summer. people in their 70s might have missed out on a shingles vaccine so they should come forward this winter. we know that some babies are behind on their six in one and mmr vaccine and it's important for them to catch up as well. the school immunisation programmes in particular have been struggling be...

Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has obtained information from the Department of Health which shows 100 HSE staff working in primary care have been redeployed to deal with the pandemic, compared with 13 in Galway, Roscommon, and Mayo. "It is unacceptable that the redeployment has been skewed in such a way as to disadvantage the midlands," Mr Flanagan said. "This may well endanger the health and welfare of these children." A spokesman for the HSE confirmed the programme has been deferred twice during 2020 before being resumed in June where a catch-up exercise "ensured that everyone who was offere...