Mark Joy

Nov 3, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Rachel Byford |Ruby Tsang |Utkarsh Agrawal |Mark Joy

IntroductionThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) immunisation programme in the United Kingdom (UK) began in December 2020, with the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) initially recommending COVID-19 vaccination for all adults aged 18 years and over, and prioritising older adults, care home residents and staff, health and social care workers, and individuals in clinical risk groups.

May 25, 2023 | bjgp.org | Ruby Tsang |Mark Joy |Heather Whitaker |James Sheppard

Data source and variablesThe study used pseudonymised CMR data from the RSC sentinel network database, which is recruited to be representative of the general population.12 The UK has registration-based primary care in which each patient registers with a single general practice. All patients who were registered for ≥12 months before the study index date (study start date) and aged ≥16 years at the study index date for each model were included.