Flu Vaccination Service
Community pharmacy has been providing flu vaccinations under a nationally commissioned service since September 2015.
Further information can be found via: Flu Vaccination Service – Community Pharmacy England (cpe.org.uk)
The following key documents have now been published for the for the 2024/25 Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service. Please read these documents before providing the service.
Read the annual flu letter for 2024/25
The Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Health Security Agency and NHS England have jointly published the national flu vaccination programme letter for the 2024/25 season.
There are no changes to the eligible cohorts for the 2024/25 season.
This letter now includes an amendment in response to the news that the Sanofi recombinant quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIVr) will not be available for the 2024/25 flu programme.
However, from 1st September 2024, pharmacies will only be able to vaccinate pregnant women.
Then from 3rd October 2024, vaccination of the other adult cohorts will commence.
PGD (Patient Group Direction) – This will enable pharmacy technicians to provide flu vaccinations this coming season.
CPGM Healthcare Ltd (CHL) and GM Healthcare Academy have arranged for training sessions provided by Allied Health.
You can book these sessions via their website:
https://ahtraining.co.uk/product/vaccination-training
Communicating with patients about the later start to the programme
Pharmacy teams will want to explain to their patients about the later start to the programme and why this change has been made by NHS England. We have developed a poster to communicate these messages for use in pharmacies.
