Tuesday 29 January 2019

Northamptonshire NHS staff urged to get flu vaccine or risk infecting patients

Northamptonshire NHS staff urged to get flu vaccine or risk infecting patients Nearly a quarter of doctors, nurses and other front-line staff at Northamptonshire Healthcare Trust are not vaccinated against flu, figures reveal.

NHS England has urged healthcare workers to get vaccinated to protect themselves and their patients, pushing for “near universal” coverage.

By the end of December 2018, 726 front-line NHS workers at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust had not had the jab, according to Public Health England. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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