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Flu vac: important reminder

Contractors are reminded that they must ensure the correct flu vaccines are being used for each patient cohort within the NHS flu vaccination service. Please note, there is no provision for the use of standard egg-cultured quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIVe) in the 65 years and over patient cohort. As set out in the reimbursement flu [...]

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PSNC submits response on future of vacs services

PSNC has submitted its response to NHS England’s market engagement on the future of vaccination services. The consultation is designed to help NHS England deliver a future vaccination strategy. It aims to support local teams that plan and deliver vaccinations to: build on the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme’s success and learning; and provide responsive, accessible, [...]

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By |September 27th, 2022|C-19, C-19 vaccination, Flu vac, Lexpos News, vaccination|Comments Off on PSNC submits response on future of vacs services

Flu vac: changes to training requirements for 2022/23

Community pharmacy contractors are required to demonstrate that all vaccinators (including pharmacists) providing the flu vaccination service in their pharmacy have the skills needed to do so. From the 2022/23 flu vaccination season, pharmacists and other vaccinators providing the Flu Vaccination Service now only need to attend face-to-face training for both injection technique and basic [...]

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Flu vac: service spec published

The flu vaccination service specification has been published by NHS England; The national Patient Group Direction (PGD) and a national protocol to support provision of flu vaccinations will be published shortly; The service will commence on Thursday 1st September 2022; Training requirements have been updated to allow more flexibility for contractors and pharmacists; and Claims [...]

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Flu vac service: further information published

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England have today (21st July 2022), published further information regarding the addition of 50-64 year olds to the 2022/23 flu vaccination programme. The change to the eligible cohorts for the vaccination programme was announced on Friday (15th July 2022), reversing an earlier decision to exclude [...]

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