The RCGP and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society have published a joint statement on Influenza vaccination: Principles for collaboration across Great Britain, setting out the need to ensure a high uptake of flu vaccination to keep people well and negate excessive pressures on NHS services. This is particularly important this winter, with COVID-19 still in circulation. The following principles have also been developed to ensure a high uptake of the flu vaccine:
- General practice and community pharmacy should take a collaborative approach to delivering the flu vaccine programme;
- The skills and experience of all eligible, trained and available healthcare professions should be utilised to ensure widespread take-up of the vaccine;
- The safety of staff undertaking the administration of vaccinations is paramount
Read the statement here