Guidance

Accessing government-secured flu vaccines: guidance for GPs

How GP practices in England can access the extra stock of flu vaccines this winter that the government has secured.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 9 October 2020
• Last updated: 22 December 2020
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  1. 22 December 2020

     Updated information on the availability of vaccines in Table 1, and delivery times over the Christmas period. If GP practices need further stock, they should now order Adjuvanted Trivalent Influenza Vaccine (aTIV) for those over 65 years old and either QIVc (cell-grown quadrivalent influenza vaccine) or QIVe (standard egg-grown quadrivalent influenza vaccine) for those under 65 years old.

  2. 3 December 2020

     Updated to reflect current availability of vaccines (in Table 1). If GP practices need further stock, they should now order Adjuvanted Trivalent Influenza Vaccine (aTIV) for those over 65 years old or QIVc (cell-grown quadrivalent influenza vaccine) for those under 65 years old. Both are available to order from Seqirus.

  3. 20 November 2020

     Updated to include information about which additional vaccines are available (including Flublok®) in Appendix A, and the expansion of the programme to all 50 to 64 year olds on 1 December 2020.

  4. 9 October 2020

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 8 April 2021

This page has been withdrawn because it’s out of date and only applies to the 2020 to 2021 flu season. Read the latest annual flu programme guidance.

Applies to England

Documents

DHSC guidance for general practice on accessing DHSC centrally supplied flu vaccines

PDF, 452 KB, 23 pages

Details

To support the expanded vaccination programme, the Department of Health and Social Care has secured an additional supply of influenza vaccines. These will arrive later in the flu season to top up local supplies once they run low.

This guidance explains how GPs will be able to access this additional stock.