Hi Paul

 

Would there be any possibility of you sharing your PGD?

 

Thanks Anna

 

Anna Porter

Specialist Nurse Occupational Health

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

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Hi Tracy,

 

my understanding is that the decision to add high risk patients was a last minute one and your organisation will have to decide about the allocation of vaccine to patients and staff.  At my own Trust we were worried that our initial delivery of vaccine was going to be too small to split between staff and patients but we have been reassured we are receiving a higher number of vaccines ion the first delivery than originally thought.

 

The PGD was causing a headache as my Trust is keen to have a locally designed document. I duly write one for pandemrix and it has already been approved.  This has allowed me to train the vaccinating team.

 

My Trust has been very supportive and has paid for a team of vaccinators and administrators for a 6 week programme.  Unfortunately we have slightly struggled because of the scarcity of definitive information from the Department of Health but everything is now falling into place for us to commence our programme on Thursday and Friday this week.

 

Good luck

 

Paul

 

 

 

Paul D'Arcy

Clinical Nurse Leader

Occupational Health

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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Hammersmith Hospital

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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Huguenel, Tracy
Sent: 20 October 2009 09:48
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Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Swine Flu vaccination frontline staff

I am slightly confused, even after all the planning and meetings involved in the distribution of the swine flu vaccine to all frontline staff, a query has arisen relating to high risk in-patients in hospital.

We are debating with our head of clinical services, who wants the decision on who to vaccinate first between staff and patients to be taken by the Trust.

My understanding was that the first delivery of vaccine to Acute Trusts was for frontline staff, and the second wave of delivery (waves again!) would be allocated for patients. There is also some confusion about whether the acute Trusts or PCT's should be vaccinating patients (arghh).

Also the Patient Group Directive is causing some hoo har (very professional terminology). My understanding was the Dept of Health was sending the PGD with the vaccine tomorrow, and at the workshop on Thursday, the advice was the PGC would not need to be signed off by the powers that be in each Trust, as it is exceptional circumstances, and the DoH would sign it off. Each ward based vaccinator would then sign their PGD.

I fnayone agress with this, or has any other information, please let me know. I have draft information, but nothing definitive.

Many thanks,

Tracy Huguenel, RGN, SCPHN (OH)
Deputy Head of Occupational Health
F Block Nurses Campus
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Nethermayne
Basildon
SS16 5NP
0845 155 3111 Ext 3982 / 3591
Fax 01268 534127

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