Guidance

Flu vaccination in the social care sector

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

Applies to England

Documents

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

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

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

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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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Published 11 September 2017
Last updated 19 September 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated guidance for the 2023 to 2024 flu programme.

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

  3. 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.

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

  5. 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.

  6. Added revised leaflet.

  7. First published.