This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Business Support Team Leader, Menhaz Hussain, for the attention of all Early Years, Childminders, PVI's, Nurseries, Secondary and Primary Schools.
It’s that time of year again and we’re back promoting the importance of the flu vaccination. In the 2017/2018 period Slough achieved vaccination coverage of:
- At Risk individuals 47.5% (England 48.9%)
- Aged 65+ 69.9% (England 72.6%)
- Ages 2-4yrs 28.4% (England 38.1%)
- Primary school 45% (Berkshire 65%)
As you can see, we are still significantly down on the England levels of vaccination, which directly impacts on the wider community key services throughout the borough.
Approximately 50-100 people die every year in Slough because of the flu, a third of which are otherwise healthy people with no underlying medical conditions!
We’ve created 3 bespoke resources locally for flu provision, all attached to this email:
- Protecting against flu – Generic poster with myth busting
- Handwashing – Poster for promoting importance of hand washing for your toilet areas
- Display screen – An adapted poster for you to use on any display screens that you may have
If you require any hard copy resources. Either the attached or any of the other generic NHS/PHE flu flyers/posters, then please let me know by 1st October so we can place an order.
Please continue your promotion of the flu vaccination with flyers, posters, screens, newsletters, twitter, Facebook and word of mouth!
If you have any queries please contact:
Timothy Howells - Public Health Programme Officer by emailing timothy.howells@slough.gov.uk or calling on 01753 875144 or 07740544864.