But there has been a noticeable decline in vaccine uptake among staff in recent years. In England in 2023-24 less than half (42.8%) of staff in NHS trusts involved in direct care of patients had had a flu vaccine鈥攁 seven percentage point drop from the previous year.3 This was the ...
and Immunisation and fed into the committee's recent advice that the flu vaccine can be co-administered with a booster or third dose of a covid-19 vaccine.2 The study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, has been published as a preprint and has not yet been peer ...
“We know that both Covid-19 and flu vaccine uptake among doctors remains high but that there are also small numbers of staff who are unable or unwilling to have the vaccines. There are a number of reasons for this and it’s important that all views are taken into consideration in this ...
, controlled, phase 4 trial, adults in receipt of a single dose of ChAdOx1 or BNT162b2 were enrolled at 12 UK sites and randomly assigned (1:1) to receive concomitant administration of either an age-appropriate influenza vaccine or placebo alongside their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. ...
COVID vaccines. Plus, how well they work varies year on year. Flu viruses mutate more quickly, meaning multiple strains end up circulating, changing each year. If what turns out to be the dominant viral strain each winter isn't included in the vaccine, then its effectiveness will be lower...
We'll also need to closely watch the situation overseas and be prepared to roll out a third booster dose in response to emerging variants. We should alsobe preparedto give people who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine a third booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine, when supplies are available...