Yorkshire-based supermarket chain Asda is sending nurses into its stores on Saturday, October 12, to offer flu jabs costing £11.97 each.

In partnership with mobile medical service Doctorcall, Asda will have trained nurses in all its 256 stores to offer over 35,000 flu jabs to customers at the checkout, 60 per cent cheaper than obtaining the jab privately.
Store greeters will hand all shoppers arriving at the store between 10am and 6pm an information leaflet about the vaccination which will be on offer for £8 less than the typical £20 fee for a private vaccination.
Customers who want the jab can pay for it at the checkout with their groceries and then move to a private area to complete a pre-vaccination health questionnaire.
If the questionnaire has been completed to the satisfaction of the nurse, the flu jab will be given immediately.

30 September 2002