Seasonal influenza (flu) is an unpredictable but recurring pressure that the NHS faces every winter. Vaccination offers the best protection. This page provides links to national guidance, training and supporting resources.
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National flu immunisation programme 2023 to 2024 letter
National Guidance
The national flu immunisation programme for 2022 to 2023 slideset
Guidance for the administration of seasonal influenza vaccination for healthcare staff
National protocol for inactivated influenza vaccine (25 August 2022)
Flu immunisation training recommendations (12 August 2022)
Flu vaccination programme 2022 to 2023: information for healthcare practitioners (10 August 2022)
Flu immunisation for early years settings including child minders (26 July 2022)
Flu vaccination in schools (12 July 2022)
Flu vaccination for children: leaflets and posters (23 August 2022)
Flu vaccination: letter template for children aged 2 and 3 years (25 May 2022)
Flu vaccination: letter template for at risk patients and carers (25 May 2022)
National flu immunisation programme plan 2022 to 2023 (22 July 2022)
Influenza vaccines marketed in the UK (14 April 2022)
Flu vaccination: easy-read flu vaccination resources (2 September 2022)
Flu vaccination: simple text information for adults and children (6 September 2022)
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
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