Nursing in Practice Podcast: Inside this year’s winter vaccination programme

The latest episode of the Nursing in Practice Podcast welcomes two general practice nurses (GPNs) to discuss the latest trends, demands and challenges within this year’s winter vaccination programme.

Senior reporter Gee Harland welcomes GPNs Abigail Houlbrooke and Coral Harvey to the podcast which dives into all the latest about the winter vaccination programme, including the recent additions to patient eligibility.

Listen to the full podcast episode here. 

Speaking in September, the trio discuss how to reach people experiencing homelessness to offer them the flu vaccine as well as a decline in patients wanting to have the Covid jab.

Listeners can also hear what the GPNs find is the best of the programme, including more collaborative working across the general practice team.

They also discuss the difficulties experienced around this time of year, including the increased workload for GPNs and vaccination supply concerns.

Ms Houlbrooke and Ms Harvey also highlight the introduction of the chickenpox vaccine which was added into the childhood schedule earlier this year.

The pair share how uptake of the vaccine has been as well as addressing how to tackle misinformation around it.

The Nursing in Practice Podcast is hosted on Buzzsprout and can be accessed via Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.

Our previous podcast episode focused on GPN pay, terms and conditions – providing an update on the latest state of play and how Nursing in Practice is campaigning for an improved situation for the profession.

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