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Pertussis catch-up campaign 2024/25 Flu Campaign 2024-2025 Starting 3 October Practice Closing Plan for Staff Training
Due to the increase in cases of pertussis and recent infant deaths, the national immunisation campaign for 2024/25 is focusing on the pertussis vaccination programme for pregnant women.
We have been asked by NHS to undertake a campaign for this programme, to share information about the benefits of vaccination, signposting to the vaccination and opportunistically offering this to women registered with our Practice.
Please note that whilst pregnant women are eligible for their pertussis vaccination from 16 weeks of pregnancy. Receiving vaccination between 20 and 32 weeks of pregnancy provides optimal protection.
Therefore, it is important that women are offered the vaccination from 20 weeks gestation, by which time they should have had their fetal anomaly scan.
This vaccine can still be given after week 32 of pregnancy until delivery but may not offer as higher level of passive protection to the baby.
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