Calling all community nurses, did your trust offer you the flu jab this year???

[notflorencenightingale]

This year for the first time our trust has said no flu jabs for community staff. You can only have it if you work on the wards.

i cannot understand the logic of this as i currently have a caseload of about 30 clients, and i see on average about 15 of those every week (only work part time).

The wards on the other hand only have 10 to 12 patients on them!!

I had flu last years, never had it before and pitched up at gp as thought i had pneumonia or something I was so ill, eneded up having a week off for that, then another week off for the tonsillitis I got afterwards!!! And wasn't properly well for about six weeks not to mention that my Dp and ds go it too.

HR said i should get it off my gp but they have a policy of ot giving it to anyone not in a high risk group so am stumped.

Just wondering what are other peoples experiences?

i can get it, admin staff, no wards

Sparkly would you mind saying what trust you work for, am going to try to make a case for us to be offered it next year and any examples would help that! (don't worry if not

I am a nurse in the nhs with NO direct contact with patients face to face - I was offered it this year.

I declined as always though, I'm not high risk and they only don't want me off sick, not because they care lol.

Sounds barking to me.Work in hosp environment when working (off curently,careerbreak) always offered,would've thought equally sensible for those in community positions.It is madness if some trusts Offering it to admin staff with no direct patient contact (no offence sparkly)but some trusts not to those with direct patient contact.Though maybe argument is that there are wide and varied flu strains,not all preventable,but in terms of reverse barrier nursingi e protecting pt from flu that can be prevented ie certaiN strains? etc?Have no clue really!!Will come down to PCT and money,as usual (CYNICAL EMOTICON)