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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

...the time, this has been well responded to. This will be used appropriately in the weeks ahead. I have advices from the chief clinical officer in respect of respiratory syncytial virus, RSV, seasonal Influenza and Covid-19, all of which continue to be monitored and feature in our plans, which are adjustable to the circumstances to the greatest degree possible. Communication with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Seán Kyne: How is the uptake of the flu and Covid-19 vaccines going, particularly for hospital staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

.... Henry to talk about the uptake in a second. I will just use the opportunity to put on the record we are still dealing with a challenge in terms of healthcare worker uptake. It is better on the flu vaccine than on the Covid-19 vaccine. We are also dealing with a challenge around vulnerable groups particularly in the follow-through on Covid-19 and part of that is influenced by things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

...out of 15,000 healthcare workers for Covid-19. It is skewed slightly because people who have had Covid-19 in the previous three months do not need a vaccine. We have approximately 30% uptake for flu vaccines. We are not happy with this at all and want to get to a much higher figure. What is a high enough figure? Nowhere is high enough and we want to keep pushing to get as many people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Seán Crowe: ...want to thank staff in the HSE and funded agencies who participate in the response to unscheduled and emergency care pressures and the challenges in that regard. The slow uptake of the Covid and flu vaccines was mentioned. Dr. Henry mentioned that one in ten people has immunosuppression issues. What are the categories for people who are immunosuppressed and what is your sense as to why...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Mr. Bernard Gloster: I thank the Chairman for the invitation to make sure that message is reinforced. At the moment we are talking about the Covid booster and flu vaccines. With the risk of mumps, measles, rubella and so on, we want to reinforce the message at every opportunity that our primary challenge with the immunisation programme is exceptionally important. We are seeing challenging...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

...the past two years in terms of seeing that sudden upsurge around the same time, peaking higher than in previous years but then rapidly falling in December. Last year, the peak concurred with the flu and Covid-19. Based on the surveillance we have in the community, through wastewater surveillance, the GP sentinel scheme and the other ways we look at the pattern of virus transmission...