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: Primary care
• Population group: Under 5s
• Population group: High Risk Group
• Intervention: Provider incentives
• Intervention: Reminder/recall (patient)
• Intervention: Health literacy
• Intervention: Multicomponent Interventions
• 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

It 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