Concerned parents have been left bemused this week after their teenagers' second Covid vaccinations were cancelled. 

Confused mothers took to social media to query the decision after the Spa Medical Practice text to void their child's appointment, stating that 16 and 17-year-olds didn't currently require a second dose. 

In one case, one parent told of how her daughter arrived for her vaccination, only to be told that she no longer required the follow-up jab. 

Spa Medical Practice has said they are only following official government guidance. 

Speaking to the Worcester News, practice manager Fiona Lawson said: "This was not a Spa decision, as always, all practices will vaccinate as they are clinically advised to do so. 

"We are aware the pace of change around COVID vaccinations and eligibility is fluid, it is not our practice to ‘turn patients away’, but to give them the best advice and care we can."

16 and 17 year-olds will have to await further confirmation on when they can access their second jab, with the government currently satisfied that one dose should offer adequate protection. 

Professor Wei Shen Lim, COVID-19 Chair for Joint Committee on Vaccination Immunisation, said: "After carefully considering the latest data, we advise that healthy 16- to 17 year-olds are offered a first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Advice on when to offer the second vaccine dose will come later.

"While COVID-19 is typically mild or asymptomatic in most young people, it can be very unpleasant for some and for this particular age group, we expect one dose of the vaccine to provide good protection against severe illness and hospitalisation.

"As previously advised by the JCVI, children aged 12 to 15 with specific underlying health conditions that put them at risk of severe COVID-19 should be offered 2 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination with an interval of 8 weeks between doses.

"This includes children with severe neuro disabilities, Down’s syndrome, immunosuppression, profound and multiple learning disabilities, and severe learning disabilities or who are on the learning disability register.

"Children and young people aged 12 years and over who are household contacts of an immunosuppressed person should also be offered 2 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine."

Dr Jason Seewoodhary of the Worcestershire Healthcare and NHS Trust, said: "It is correct to state that 16 and 17-year-olds will only get a first dose of the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine.

"This young age group is stratified very low risk for Covid associated morbidity and mortality such that in most instances a single dose of the vaccine would provide sufficient protection, therefore, a decision on when, and if, a second dose is needed will be taken in due course."