Staff vaccination in a care setting protects residents as much as it protects the workforce. The stakes here are different.
Care home staff work closely with a population for whom influenza carries genuine mortality risk. Staffing is tight, agency use is high, turnover is significant, and the sector carries real residual hesitancy from recent years that has to be engaged with rather than ignored.
Night staff are routinely the least-vaccinated group in a care setting because clinics are scheduled to suit daytime management.
We allow longer per person than in a corporate clinic. Staff who are hesitant deserve an actual discussion with a pharmacist, not a leaflet.
Scope agreed with you in advance, but excluding agency staff in a care setting undermines the point of the exercise.
Turnover in the sector means a single clinic date leaves gaps by January.
Care sector risk assessments frequently identify more than flu. Hepatitis B where personal care involves foreseeable blood exposure, and varicella status for staff without a definite history of chickenpox, are the two that come up most. Both sit within our occupational health vaccination service.
Where a risk assessment indicates vaccination for the role, the employer funds it. That is a legal position, not a policy choice.
From £11.99 per person, reducing with team size. Quadrivalent vaccine, individual clinical screening, pharmacist administration, anaphylaxis cover and uptake reporting within 48 hours, all included. No setup fee, and you pay only for vaccinations actually given.
See how a clinic day runs for the full sequence, or corporate flu vaccination for pricing and programme options.
Yes, and we recommend it specifically. Night staff are consistently the least covered group in care settings because clinics are usually scheduled to suit daytime management.
Yes. We would encourage it. Excluding them leaves an obvious gap in a setting where the point is protecting residents.
We allow more time per person than in a corporate clinic so a pharmacist can have a real conversation. Vaccination remains entirely voluntary.
Where the risk assessment identifies foreseeable blood or body fluid exposure, yes, and the employer is obliged to fund it.
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