The flu stabber queen is ...!

We have just completed two whole day flu vaccination Saturdays (remember the anthem - 'roll up, roll up'!) and have vaccinated 1048 people with this years flu vaccination so far. On both Saturdays we vaccinated exactly the same number of people - 452 on each Saturday. We estimate that we have another 700 people to vaccinate. Some of these people will be living in nursing homes or sheltered accomadation housing schemes and we will vaccinate them at home.

But we still have a few people to vaccinate at the practice. The people we want to catch are those in the at risk groups - people with diabetes, heart disease, COPD and the over 65's. A new group this year is pregnant women. So, if you are in an at risk and have not had your flu jab yet, then either ring and make an appointment or next time you are in the practice, just ask!

Of course we count the number of flu vaccinations given by every clinical team member (nothing like a bit of competition eh!) and I am pleased to annouce that the person who has given the most flu jabs on a single day this year (so far, because I have not done a session yet ...) is Julie Thorpe - our '2010 Flu Stabber queen!'.

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