2009/10 Influenza Programme
The Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health has written (PDF) to healthcare professionals providing early details of the 2009/10 influenza vaccination programme.
The vaccination programme is unchanged and includes those aged 65 years and older and the following clinical risk groups:
- Chronic respiratory disease
- Asthma requiring repeated use of inhaled or systemic steroids
- Chronic heart disease
- Chronic renal disease
- Chronic liver disease
- Chronic neurological disease
- Diabetes
- Immunosuppression
In addition to these groups, vaccination of poultry workers is recommended as a precautionary measure to reduce the risk of new influenza viruses emerging.
Action: Clinicians will find this information useful in the early planning stages for the vaccination campaign this year.
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