Guidance

Flu in the children and young people’s secure estate

How to respond to cases of seasonal flu in the children and young people’s secure estate, including vaccination, treatment and managing outbreaks.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 23 November 2017
• Last updated: 8 October 2021
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  1. 8 October 2021

     Updated with guidance for 2021 to 2022.

  2. 15 October 2020

     Updated with guidance for 2020 to 2021.

  3. 14 October 2019

     Added guidance for 2019 to 2020.

  4. 31 October 2018

     Added latest version of document.

  5. 23 November 2017

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 4 November 2022

The information of this guidance has been superseded by information in Acute respiratory illness, including flu and COVID-19 in prisons.

Applies to England

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[Withdrawn] Flu in the children and young people’s secure estate

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1653

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The children and young people secure estate includes 3 main types of custody:

• young offender institutions
• secure training centres
• secure children’s homes

More information on each of these is available here.

This guidance is for staff working in the children and young people’s secure estate, including:

• young offender institution governors and directors
• secure children’s home managers
• secure accommodation network staff
• NHS England health and justice commissioners and children’s commissioners
• secure welfare coordination unit staff
• Youth Custody Service placement teams

Similar flu guidance for adult prisons and secure settings is available.