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Important message regarding aQIV
aQIV is the recommended vaccine for over 65s. Please ensure you use this vaccine for this cohort as it offers them the best protection against influenza.
Diabetic Coding Issue on Patient Records
The NHS Diabetes Eye Screening (DES) Programme sent our mass-communication to practices via NEL Primary Care Communications on the 30 May 2022.
Online registration
Overview of GP online registration new features.
The East London Children and Young Person’s Mentoring Programme
The aim of the Young Person’s Mentoring Scheme is to improve the health and wellbeing of young people with Sickle Cell Disease through training, emotional support from mentors and peer-support, improve young people’s understanding and management of the condition, improve young people’s ability to negotiate transition from pediatric to adult services.
General practice / PCN training and development offers
A range of training and development offers for October 2022-January 2023 from the Primary Care Transformation Team to support those in practices and PCNs to develop skills and confidence with using quality improvement tools and techniques.
Recording polio vaccinations from other providers
GP practices will be receiving weekly csv files every Sunday of children registered with their practice who have received polio vaccinations outside of the GP practice by other providers.
COVID-19 Autumn Booster and Flu Vaccines for Carers
As you will be aware, the COVID-19 Autumn Booster and flu vaccine programmes have now begun.
Using Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) in the Lower Gastrointestinal (GI) pathway
We are writing to thank you and your teams for all your work to date to implement FIT in the lower gastrointestinal (GI) urgent cancer pathway, and to outline how the recently published British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) & Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland (ACPGBI) FIT guidance should be applied.
Important information regarding MMR, Men ACWY, polio, and seasonal flu immunisation programmes
Please note and take the necessary actions outlined in the updates below on 4 important immunisation programmes.
Urgent public health message to all NHS Service Providers regarding Ebola virus outbreak in Uganda
Please see an urgent public health message for the attention of all NHS service providers regarding the current outbreak of Ebola virus in Uganda.
Upcoming UEG webinars
Please see upcoming webinars hosted by the The Clinical Effectiveness Group.