South West Flu Immunisation Programme for Children 2016/17 Contents Version summary .................................................................................................................................... 2 FAQs ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Bristol and South Gloucestershire Childhood Flu Immunisation Pathway ............................................. 6 Bristol School Immunisation Schedule.................................................................................................... 7 South Gloucestershire School Immunisation Schedule ........................................................................ 10 North Somerset Childhood Flu Immunisation Pathway ....................................................................... 13 North Somerset School Immunisation Schedule .................................................................................. 14 Somerset Childhood Flu Immunisation Pathway .................................................................................. 16 Somerset School Immunisation Schedule ............................................................................................. 17 Devon LA Childhood Flu Immunisation Pathway .................................................................................. 23 Devon LA School Immunisation Schedule ............................................................................................. 24 Torbay LA Childhood Flu Immunisation Pathway ................................................................................. 32 Torbay LA School Immunisation Schedule ............................................................................................ 33 Plymouth LA Childhood Flu Immunisation Pathway ............................................................................. 34 Plymouth LA School Immunisation Schedule ....................................................................................... 35 Cornwall LA Childhood Flu Immunisation Pathway .............................................................................. 37 14th October 2016 V 1.1 1 Version summary Date Version Issued Updates 07/10/2016 V1.0 GP Bulletin 180 14/10/2016 V1.1 GP Bulletin 181 Page 3 amendment to date of birth range for school aged children Page 4 addition of FAQ concerning children in reception Pages 6, 23 and 34 amendment to Boots providing second dose 2 FAQs Who is providing the service to children in school years 1, 2 and 3 in my area? The following providers are offering a school based immunisation session to all children in school years 1, 2 and 3 (born between 01/09/2008 and 31/08/2011) Area Provider Telephone E-mail Bristol and South Boots 07597 379190 BSGchildrensflu@boo Gloucestershire ts.co.uk North Somerset North Somerset 01934 419339 nsomerset.schoolnurs Community [email protected] Partnership Sedgemoor team: 01278 410044 SedgemoorSchoolNur [email protected] Taunton & West Somerset team: 01823 346182 TauntonSchoolNurses @sompar.nhs.uk South Somerset team: Chard, SouthSomersetSchool Somerset Somerset Partnership Crewkerne [email protected]. and Ilminster: uk 01460 238741 Yeovil and Langport: 0300 323 0114 Mendip team: 01749 836545 MendipSchoolNurses @sompar.nhs.uk Torbay (local Torbay and South 01803 219814 torbayschoolnursetea authority footprint) Devon NHS [email protected] Foundation Trust Devon (local Boots 07596 591261 Devonchildrensflu@b authority footprint) oots.co.uk Plymouth (local Boots 07597 379199 Plymouthchildrensflu authority footprint) @boots.co.uk Cornwall Kernow Health 01872 22 1106 [email protected] or [email protected] 01872 22 1105 3 How do I know which provider is holding sessions at my local schools? The schedule of school sessions in local areas has been provided (except for Cornwall). Please e-mail [email protected] to request this information for your area if you do not have a copy or would also like information about a neighbouring area. If a date for your local school was not confirmed at the time of distribution of the school lists please contact [email protected] or the provider directly. Practices whose patients attend schools in Gloucestershire, where there is no school based service, should direct parents to Boots via the contact details above. What are the arrangements for 2, 3 and 4 year old children? Practices should call children aged 2, 3 and 4 on 31/08/2016 (born between 01/09/2011 and 31/08/2014) as per the childhood seasonal influenza vaccination programme enhanced service specification 2016/17. www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/gp-contract/ It should be noted that in this specification there is a line that says practices are obliged to transfer data to CHIS, although this is good practice it is not a requirement for this programme. None of these children would normally be offered vaccination by any other provider unless there are exceptional circumstances, please see below. What are the arrangements for children in reception classes at school As a rule children in reception will be aged 4 on 31/08/2016 and as such are eligible to be called and vaccinated by their practice as per the childhood seasonal influenza vaccination programme enhanced service specification 2016/17 www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/gp-contract/ School providers would only consider vaccinating reception aged children in exceptional circumstances where there is a mixed age class and not offering vaccination to children in that class who were 4 on 31/08/2016 would have a detrimental impact on the programme with regards to halting the transmission of flu. What are the arrangements for children in an at-risk group? Practices should call and recall any child from 6 months old who is in an at-risk group for flu as per the seasonal influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination programme enhanced service specification 2016/17 www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/gp-contract/. Please note that children in school years 1, 2 and 3 will also be invited by the school based provider. It is up to the parent to decide where to have their child vaccinated and consent appropriately. The schedule of school sessions in your local area (with the exception of Cornwall) has been provided to help you to decide the best time to recall children in an at-risk group. Please e-mail [email protected] to request this information for your area if you do not have a copy. Providers are not using inactivated vaccine and will refer children who are contraindicated for Fluenz back to their practice. How do I contact the provider in my area if I have a query about a specific patient? All of the provider details are on the flu pathways and listed above. Please e-mail [email protected] to request the pathway for your area if you do not have a copy. 4 What are the arrangements if a child misses their immunisation session in school? All of the providers above are able to offer a second opportunity to children who are absent from school on the day of their immunisation session. This may be a pharmacy or a community clinic. Parents should be referred to the relevant provider for details using the contact information above and on the pathways. What do we do if a parent requests immunisation of a child in years 1, 2 or 3 who is NOT in an at-risk group for flu? The parent should be referred to the appropriate school provider in the first instance. Practices can vaccinate children in this age group under the PGD, but as they are not contracted to provide this service there is no method for claiming payment for this. How is information given to practices in order to update records? This information can be found in the flu pathways and is summarised here for each provider: Provider Information transfer Boots PharmOutcomes to practice NHS net e-mail or fax (depending on whether the practice has a validated NHS net e-mail address) North Somerset Community Partnership Direct to practice Somerset Partnership, Kernow Health Via CHIS and Torbay and South Devon Are there restrictions in place on ordering Fluenz? Vaccine ordering opened on Thursday 8th September for the inactivated vaccines and ordering of LAIV opened on Wednesday 14th September. Initial ordering controls are in place for General Practice in order to support a reduction in vaccine wastage – a cap of 35% of the total eligible population for each practice has been put in place. Practices can however order over this amount and to do this should contact the ImmForm helpdesk. Are practices required to report immunisation activity to CHIS? Practices are not required to transfer data to CHIS on 2-4 year olds who are immunised against flu. This is stated in the childhood flu enhanced service, but does not need to be fulfilled in this case. 5 Bristol and South Gloucestershire Childhood Flu Immunisation Pathway 6 Bristol School Immunisation Schedule School name Date Air Balloon Hill Primary School TBC Ashley Down Primary School TBC Ashton Gate Primary School 31/10/2016 and 01/11/2016 Ashton Vale Primary 03/11/2016 Avon Primary School 19/10/2016 Avonmouth C. E. Primary School 07/11/2016 Badock's Wood Primary School TBC Bannerman Road Primary Academy 11/11/2016 Barton Hill Primary & CC TBC Begbrook Primary School TBC Bishop Road Primary School TBC Blaise Primary & Nursery School 12/10/2016 Brentry Primary TBC Briarwood Special School TBC Bridge Farm Primary School 14/11/2016 Bridge Learning Campus 15/11/2016 Broomhill Infant School 07/11/2016 Broomhill