NHS nurses and midwives are being urged to have the seasonal flu jab to protect themselves and their patients.<\/p>\n
According to figures released by the Department of Health today, both hospital nurses and midwives are least likely of all health workers to have the vaccination.<\/p>\n
Statistics show that a 42.5 per cent of GP practice nurses and 38.2 per cent of GPs are getting vaccinated.<\/p>\n
But in the same year \u2013 winter of 2010 \u2013 only 30 per cent of hospital nurses and midwives took it up.<\/p>\n
The at risk groups for seasonal flu includes front-line healthcare workers and pregnant women.<\/p>\n
RCM Deputy General Secretary Louise Silverton said: “Midwives are strongly advised to encourage all pregnant women to be vaccinated against seasonal flu. In addition midwives as key health workers should themselves seriously consider being vaccinated to prevent transmission of influenza to the women for whom they care and also to their own families.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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