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Guidance

Flu vaccination in the social care sector

Leaflets for social care staff and providers to support the annual flu programme.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published:
11 September 2017
Last updated:
18 September 2026
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  1. Added the updated versions of the three guides and a new social care flu poster.

  2. Updated guidance for the 2023 to 2024 flu programme.

  3. Updated guidance for social care workers and carers, social care and hospice providers and personal assistants.

  4. Updated leaflets for social care workers, personal assistants and providers. Removed letters of entitlement for free flu vaccine – these were for the 2020 to 2021 flu programme.

  5. Added letter of entitlement for free flu vaccine – care worker letter to GP and pharmacists.

  6. Added a letter of entitlement to a free winter flu vaccination for PAs employed by individuals and converted content from PDF to HTML to improve accessibility.

  7. Added revised leaflet.

  8. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Flu vaccination guidance for social care workers and carers

HTML

Flu vaccination guidance for social care workers and carers leaflet (print version)

Ref: UKHSA gateway number 2022153

PDF, 260 KB, 2 pages

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Flu vaccination guidance for social care and hospice providers

HTML

Flu vaccination guidance for social care and hospice providers leaflet (print version)

Ref: UKHSA gateway number 2022153

PDF, 263 KB, 2 pages

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Flu vaccination guidance for personal assistants (PAs)

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Flu vaccination guidance for personal assistants (PAs) leaflet (print version)

Ref: UKHSA gateway number 2022153

PDF, 334 KB, 2 pages

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5 reasons for social care workers to have the flu vaccine poster

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5 reasons for social care workers to have the flu vaccine poster (print version)

PDF, 379 KB, 1 page

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Details

Separate guidance on the free flu winter vaccine for:

  • social care workers and carers
  • social care and hospice providers
  • personal care assistants

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