Covid-19 Vaccination Services

Covid-19 Vaccination Services

The first Covid-19 vaccinations were available in Northern Ireland in January 2021.  Following intensive collaboration between CPNI, pharmacy contractors, the HSCB, DoH and the Public Health Agency (PHA), community pharmacy entered the Covid-19 vaccination programme in March 2021, initially offering an AstraZeneca service and more recently having been expanded to include the Moderna vaccine. 

More than 100,000 vaccines were administered by community pharmacies in the first 4 months of the service, with some of the lowest wastage levels and highest patient satisfaction across the health service vaccination providers.  More information on the community pharmacy vaccination service can be found here.