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Percentage of front line staff receiving flu vaccinations in 2009 and 2010.

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Request 1 

Could you provide me with the percentage of registered nurses that have taken the Trust's flu vaccination in 2010 up to December 17, 2010.
 
Also, percentage of nurses that took up either (or both) of the Trust's flu vaccinations (H1N1, seasonal, or both) in the same period in 2009.
 
The total percentage of clinical and medical staff in direct contact with patients (including nurses, healthcares, doctors and assistant practitioners and other healthcare professionals in direct patient contact) that took up the vaccination this year and either or both of the vaccinations last year. 

Response 1

 

 

Influenza vaccination of staff at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

Up to 20th December 2009

For year 09/10

Swine flu vaccine

Up to 20th December 2009

For year 09/10

Seasonal flu vaccine

Up to 17th December 2010

For year 10/11

Seasonal flu vaccine

Registered Nurses including midwives

42.4%%

19.1%

22.7%

All staff with patient contact

44.3%

22.4%

29.1%

  

For 2009/10 it is not possible to distinguish if staff had swine flu AND seasonal flu or just one or the other of them

 

Please note that the seasonal flu vaccination programme for staff has continued since 17th December 2010 and we have experienced an upswing in take up since that date.