Flu vaccination: increasing uptake [NG103]

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018)

NICE - N/A

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Evidence Categories

• Care setting: Secondary Care
• Care setting: Workplace setting
• Care setting: Other settings
• Care setting: Supported living/care homes
• Care setting: Primary care
• Population group: Pre existing health condition
• Population group: Asylum seekers
• Population group: Pregnancy/ post-partum
• Population group: Specific occupational group
• Population group: Intellectual disability
• Population group: Caregiver
• Population group: Drug users
• Population group: Young people leaving long-term care
• Population group: People receiving home visits for healthcare
• Population group: Gypsy, Roma and traveller communities
• Population group: Homeless
• Intervention: Other Intervention
• Intervention: Provider incentives
• Intervention: Reminder/recall (provider)
• Intervention: Reminder/recall (patient)
• Intervention: Health literacy
• Intervention: Multicomponent Interventions
• Intervention: Provider education
• Intervention: Improving access
• Outcome: N/A

Type of Evidence

Guidance

Overview

"This guideline covers how to increase uptake of the free flu vaccination among people who are eligible. It describes ways to increase awareness and how to use all opportunities in primary and secondary care to identify people who should be encouraged to have the vaccination."

Recommendations

This guideline includes recommendations on:

• using a multicomponent approach
• raising awareness
• offering vaccination
• increasing uptake among eligible groups in primary and secondary care
• audit, monitoring and feedback
• vaccination in carers
• increasing uptake in health and social care staff