Seasonal influenza (flu) is an unpredictable but recurring pressure that the NHS faces every winter. Vaccination offers the best protection.
With the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that this year’s annual flu vaccination programme is safely and effectively delivered to as many of those eligible as possible in order to protect those at risk.
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NATIONAL FLU LETTER AND OTHER GUIDANCE 2021/22
- National flu immunisation programme plan
- Flu vaccination: who should have it this winter and why
- Flu vaccination: easy-read flu vaccination resources
- Flu vaccination: simple text information for adults and children
- Flu posters for visitors to hospitals and care homes
- Flu vaccines: 2021 to 2022 flu season
- Influenza vaccine: ovalbumin content
- Flu vaccination: letter template for at risk patients and carers
TRAINING
- e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH): an interactive e-learning package to support the training of all healthcare professionals involved in the delivering or advising on flu immunisation – https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/flu-immunisation
- Flu immunisation training recommendations
IMPROVING UPTAKE
- NICE Quality Standard: Flu vaccination: increasing uptake
- Increasing uptake for vaccinations: Maximising the role of councils
- Toolkit to improve uptake of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination amongst learning disability patients and their carers
- Flu Vaccinations 2021/22: Best practice toolkit for GP practices: Improving uptake in eligible children and adults
INCIDENT GUIDELINES
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL / PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
MASS VACCINATION GUIDANCE
- Delivering Mass Vaccinations During COVID-19: A Logistical Guide for General Practice
- Immunisation services and large-scale vaccination delivery during COVID-19
- Ten principles of holding safe flu vaccination clinics
- Risk Assessment and Checklist for the Delivery of Seasonal Influenza 2020/21: Via Indoor Walk-Through Model
- Risk Assessment and Checklist for the Delivery of Seasonal Influenza 2020/21: Via Drive-Through Model
- Considerations when identifying a suitable venue for mass vaccination sessions
- Vaccine Cold Chain Management
CHILDREN’S FLU
- Flu vaccines for children and young people
- Flu vaccination in schools
- Flu immunisation for early years settings including child minders
- Flu vaccination for children: leaflets and posters
- Flu vaccination: letter template for children aged 2 and 3 years
- Share Good Times Not Flu – https://sharegoodtimesnotflu.co.uk
- Fluenz Tetra – https://www.fluenztetra.co.uk
GENERAL RESOURCES
- Vaccination newsletter for health professionals and immunisation practitioners – https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-update
- Immunisation against infectious disease: The Green Book has the latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures, for vaccine preventable infectious diseases in the UK – https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation-against-infectious-disease-the-green-book
