You can now book online for your third Covid jab. This will allow thousands of immunosuppressed Brits to get it.

Online bookings are now possible for a third Covid jab to be administered to tens of thousands of Brits living with serious health issues.

Slots for the next dose are available to around 400,000 people with immunosuppression – this is different from a booster.

People who are immunosuppressed can now book in online for their third Covid jabs

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Patients who are immunosuppressed now have the option to book online for their third Covid jab.Credit: Alamy

This is because immunosuppressed people have not been able generate sufficient antibody numbers to fight Covid.

According to JCVI guidance patients who are severely immunosuppressed due to treatment for conditions like cancer or those with chronic long-term conditions that have affected their immunity may be eligible for a third dosage eight weeks following the expiration of their first dose.

Three quarters of the severely immunosuppressed have had a third Covid shot.

Adults who are eligible for a third dose of the drug and have been referred by their doctor may book an appointment online.

The NHS Covid-19 vaccine booking service will provide an option. ‘book my 3rddose appointment’.

Professor Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said: “NHS staff continue to deliver first, second and third doses, to those who are eligible, alongside administering around 14 million boosters in just over nine weeks.

“Decisions on when to get a third dose remains between a patient and their clinician who knows about their ongoing treatment – more than three quarters of people who are severely immunosuppressed have had their third dose so far, and from today people can also book in online with a letter from their GP or clinician.

“It’s incredibly important that people get the full recommended course of Covid vaccines, especially those most at risk from the virus – boosters and third doses are not a nice to have, they are the best way to protect you and your loved ones this winter.”

Patients and their doctors decide when they should get a third shot for severely immunosuppressed patients. Most third doses are administered by hospital consultants or GPs.

According to JCVI guidance the third dose of immunosuppression treatment should be administered at least eight weeks after receiving the first.

Myeloma UK and other charities have warned that patients may be missing vital vaccines due to confusion between the jabs.

Many patients were frustrated by the mess, which meant that their NHS app didn’t reflect their current vaccine status.

Others claim that their third dose of vaccine was misinterpreted as a booster shot.

In September, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation stated that people in this group at the time of their second or first dose should be offered a third dose.

They explained that these people might not be able to respond fully to vaccinations and are therefore less protected than the general population.

“This offer is separate to any potential booster programme.”

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