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<p>NHS England has for the last three years carried out a ‘state of readiness’ assessment
for the administration of the winter flu vaccine with the NHS England local public
health commissioning teams.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) supplies flu vaccines
for the children’s flu programme. Sufficient vaccine has been procured in the last
three years to ensure that all eligible children who present for vaccination can be
offered the appropriate vaccine.</p><p>General practitioners are responsible for ordering
from manufacturers sufficient flu vaccinations for other eligible groups in their
population. PHE and NHS England have for the last three years worked closely with
the flu vaccine manufacturers on the supply of sufficient vaccines. In particular,
in 2018/19, NHS England worked closely with the manufacturer of the vaccines for the
over 65s and service providers to manage the phased delivery of supplies to ensure
satisfactory uptake rates were achieved.</p>
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