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FOI Request 2235 - Flu Vaccination |
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Written by FOI Lead
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| Case Number |
2235 |
| Request Date |
10/01/2011 |
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Details of the Request
Could you provide me with the percentage of nurses that have taken the trust's flu vaccination in 2010 up to December 17, 2010.
Also, percentage of staff that took up the trusts's flu vaccination in the same period in 2009.
The total percentage of frontline staff that took up the vaccination in both periods. |
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| Completion Date |
19/01/2011 |
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Details of the Response
Thank you for your request to Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust regarding swine flu and seasonal flu vaccinations. The Trust’s Occupational Health Nurse Consultant has responded as follows:
In response to your questions submitted via the Freedom of Information Act for information on Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust staff flu vaccination figures please find the information listed below:
- Up to December 17, 2010 a total of 16% percent of nurses had taken the trust's seasonal flu vaccination.
- The percentage of nurses that took up of the trust's flu vaccinations up to end of December 2009 was as follows; 34% for the Swine Flu vaccine and 25% for the Seasonal flu vaccine.
- The total percentage of clinical and medical staff in direct contact with patients (including nurses, healthcares, doctors and assistant practitioners and other healthcare professionals in direct patient contact) that took up the vaccination this year up to the end of December 2010 is 26% and the total number for 2009 was as follows, 40% for the Swine Flu vaccine and 37% for the Seasonal Flu vaccine
Our Occupational Health department provides information regarding flu vaccination figures to the Department of Health via ImmForm database. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 13 June 2011 13:21 )
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