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<p>Frontline healthcare workers are offered flu vaccination by their employer, with
a financial incentive for National Health Service trusts to achieve high uptake through
a Commissioning for Quality and Innovation target. This can be viewed at the following
link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/cquin/"
target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/cquin/</a></p><p> </p><p>This
year, the ambition was that 100% of staff were vaccinated with those who declined
were asked to sign an anonymised opt-out form stating the reason. Staff who worked
in high risk areas had to confirm their vaccination status to senior management. This
winter, provisional flu vaccine uptake data for healthcare workers shows slightly
higher uptake than last year and is the highest level since the programme began. This
can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake-in-healthcare-workers-monthly-data-2018-to-2019"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake-in-healthcare-workers-monthly-data-2018-to-2019</a></p>
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