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- Care Trusts
- Mental Health Trusts
- Other contacts
- Specialists Trusts
- Independent Healthcare Providers (registered with CAS)
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- NHS Regional Offices
- Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Mental Health & Social Care Trusts
- Ambulance Trusts
- Social Care Providers (registered with CAS)
- Special Health Authorities
- Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Territorial CMOs in Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- Regional Directors of Public Health
- Director of Public Health
- Acute Trusts
- Community Trusts
- GP - Locum
- NHS 111 and Out of hours providers
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- GP Practices
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- Out of hours contacts
- Community Pharmacy
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Event: Influenza activity in England: implications for clinical practice and laboratory referral
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Influenza is now circulating in the community with earlier
than usual onset of activity in the 2026 to 2027 season. Data show
co-circulation of a drifted strain of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 (within subclade D.3.1.1)
and Influenza A(H3N2) (subclade K), with dominance of H1N1 in the most recent
weeks.
- All eligible groups, including healthcare
workers, should be encouraged to get vaccinated with the 2026 to 2027 seasonal
influenza vaccine as soon as possible.
- Prompt antiviral post exposure prophylaxis and
treatment for seasonal influenza should be offered to eligible groups (ideally
within 48 hours of exposure or symptom onset).
- Antivirals guidance
for treatment and prophylaxis of seasonal influenza has been updated –
health professionals should familiarise themselves with the key updates,
including updates to treatment recommendations for critically ill adult
patients in whom treatment cannot be initiated promptly as well as updates to
dosing for individuals with kidney disease.
- Following relevant exposure, antiviral
prophylaxis should be offered to eligible people in at-risk groups irrespective
of vaccination status in light of the evidence of a drifted strain.
Event:
Influenza activity in England: implications for clinical practice and
laboratory referral
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