Important Londonwide CEO message, volume 2, number 4 - 22 October 2009
It’s not all about money but here’s a couple facts on:
- Vaccinating housebound patients including those in care homes - some good and very clear news for you
- Other contractual information
- Bungs
Enjoy, and please don’t forget to use flu@lmc.org.uk for your comments and queries.
With best wishes
Dr Michelle Drage FRCGP
Joint Chief Executive Officer
Londonwide LMCs
- Vaccinating housebound patients, including those in care homes
This is a self-explanatory extract from a DH communication to all PCTs today:
Under the agreement with the BMA's General Practitioners Committee on the swine flu (H1N1) vaccination programme district nurses will vaccinate all housebound patients, in line with seasonal flu vaccination arrangements.
A housebound patient is defined as a patient to whom the practice normally offers home visits as this is the only practical means of enabling the patient a face to face consultation with a general practitioner.
If a patient is in a care home and is registered with a GP practice that would normally visit the patient in the care home then that patient is included in the practice's list of housebound patients.
Practices can claim £5.25 for each dose of vaccine administered to housebound patients who are both on their registered list and fall into one of the priority groups defined by the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI). - Other contractual information
We still await the exact terms and conditions of the Swine Flu DES. As soon as these are available in digestible form, I will pass them on to you. - Bungs
I’ve watched the training video and yes, the dose-sparing fixed needle syringes mean more painful injections. You have to draw up the dose through the seal with the same needle as you give the injection.