UHB Charity donates life-saving vaccinations to save the lives of children around the world when you have your flu jab.
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Follow #GiveAJabUHB on XThe health of you, your family and our patients is important to us and the people you care for.
If you catch flu, you can spread it – without having any symptoms.
In our hospitals, patients are very vulnerable, and flu poses the risk of serious complications. Also, if you develop the flu, this takes you away from those that depend on you, be that your family or patients.
The flu vaccination is up to 90% effective, depending on how closely matched the vaccine is, to this year’s circulating strains. It is the best protection we have against a virus that doesn’t care if you’re normally very fit and well, or not.
This year, flu jabs will once again be available on every ward, with senior sisters and hundreds of colleagues trained to provide the jab, simply ask a ward manager for your flu jab.
Healthcare workers are eligible for the COVID-19 winter booster vaccination. The COVID-19 vaccination offers good protection against the virus, and it often stops you from developing the most severe symptoms, getting you back on your feet sooner.
The vaccines have been proven to reduce the transmission of the virus too, which as healthcare professionals we know is incredibly important in ensuring asymptomatic people are not unknowingly passing on the virus to others - especially those elderly and clinically vulnerable people who we see each day in our hospitals and services.
This year, the Birmingham and Solihull Vaccination Service will provide a number of walk-in vaccination clinics for NHS and care staff to get their booster.
For the majority of people, the flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster is very well tolerated, and everyone can get on with their day knowing the vaccine will soon be protecting them and the people they care for at home, or in their hospital or service.
It can take up to two weeks for either the flu jab or the COVID-19 booster vaccine to provide protection. Some people might feel a slight soreness or develop bruising at the injection site.
In very rare cases the vaccines can cause a short fever, malaise, and joint pain, often this is confused with "having the flu" but this is just your immune system responding as it should to get ready to protect you against the real thing.
Serious reactions are extremely rare – all peer vaccinators are trained to manage any rare adverse effects safely.
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