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Oct 2020
Harrogate care home unable to get flu jabs for staff
A care home provider in Harrogate has struggled to get flu jabs for its staff and has claimed that others are in the same position.
Disability Action Yorkshire, which has a care home for young disabled adults in Harrogate, has only managed to get three jabs so far.
The charity has 38 staff in total, which means that fewer than 10% are protected from the flu.
Jackie Snape, the chief executive at Disability Action Yorkshire, was one of the three who has had the jab and told the Stray Ferret:
The staff have been told to try again in November and December but Jackie fears that it will be too late by then as it will be in the middle of flu season.
Jackie added that she fears if there are problems with the flu jab then there may be issues with the coronavirus vaccine as and when it becomes available.
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She has been in regular calls with other care homes in the Harrogate district and says that all other providers are in the same position.
Earlier this year the government launched what it called the "most comprehensive flu programme in UK history".
Dr Mary Ramsay, Head of Immunisation at Public Health England, said:
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