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Podcast: Health Innovation North West Coast
Episode: Increasing flu vaccinations among high-risk patients
Description: Dr Jennifer Hoyle, Consultant and Occupational Lung Disease Lead, Northern Care Alliance
More than a quarter of all COPD admissions in Greater Manchester are for flu. Dr Hoyle and her colleagues explored how to overcome the barriers to taking the flu vaccination and launched a project to promot uptake in secondary care settings. The project is proving so successful the team now plans to extend it to all respiratory outpatient clinics.