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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Dr. Colm Henry: We tend to track our projections for flu based on the experience in the southern hemisphere. According to reports from Australia, there was an earlier than expected peak in flu-like illnesses there but it did not sustain. That bodes well for us in the northern hemisphere in terms of the likely impact of the flu. It is the H3N2 strain, for which the vaccine is effective....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Dr. Colm Henry: That is what we do because the flu season in Australia comes before ours. They give us their flu.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: I will ask the chief clinical officer, Dr. Henry, to address the vaccine and how it differs from that offered previously. We will launch the HSE influenza campaign next Thursday and will encourage healthcare professionals and those in at-risk groups to avail of the vaccination. I am encouraged by the significant and welcome increase in the number of people over the age of 65 who got the flu...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I am glad the Minister raised the issue of the flu vaccination. He stated that a different strand of injection will be used I ask him to elaborate on that. What are his plans to educate the public and encourage them to avail of the vaccination?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: ...to the fair deal scheme and to transitional care. I expect the chief executive officer of the HSE will comment on the significant work being done by the HSE in this area. Next Thursday, we will launch the HSE's flu vaccine campaign. This year, for the first time, on foot of a recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, a quadrivalent vaccine will be offered, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

...developing their local plans in terms of essentials that must be considered. Through this proactive planning and action, combined with the assistance of the public in following winter season guidance from the HSE, including availing of the flu vaccine programme, we will endeavour to provide safe and efficient services. In August of this year, the HSE launched the new gender neutral human...