Winter Flu Season
PQS and PCN Leads
Your Community Pharmacy PCN lead will shortly be in touch (if they haven't done so already) to discuss your pharmacy's support for the NHS annual flu vaccination programme to create a collaborative approach. Please support your PCN lead by providing the information they request.
Additional NHS stock of influenza vaccines
We know from work already undertaken by some community pharmacy PNC leads that for many pharmacies, stock of flu vaccinations is very limited or depleted. GP practices have been notified of the process for obtaining additional NHS stock of flu vaccines later in the year, and we are expecting a similar letter for community pharmacies imminently. PSNC have been reassured that a proportion of the additional stock will be made available to pharmacies to provide NHS flu vaccinations this season.
Please look out for information from the NHS, PSNC and Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire.
Carers, including domestic care staff
Although, as indicated in PQS the priority for community pharmacy should be promoting vaccines to patients over 65 years of age, remember that individuals working in care settings, including those providing domestic care are entitled to flu vaccinations on the NHS too.
For a complete list of who is entitled to receive an NHS flu vaccination this season, please refer to the NHS PGD:
Mandatory Flu Vaccination Public Health Campaign
All NHS pharmacies in England are required, as part of the essential services element of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framewrok, to participate in directed publie health campaigns.
Details of the current campaign can be found here
Materials for the current campaign should have been received by pharmacies last week. If you have not received yours, you should email email partnerships@phe.gov.uk and include your pharmacy name, address and telephone number and state you have not received their Flu Vaccination campaign resources.
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