Flu vaccination data for 2021/22
Flu vaccination data for 2021/22
The number of flu vaccinations administered by community pharmacists under the NHS Advanced service grew by 75% in 2021/22 compared to the previous year, with 4,851,608 administrations being claimed by the end of March 2022 (NHSBSA data).
The rest of this page contains data on the provision of the Flu Vaccination Advanced Service that has been provided to PSNC by clinical system suppliers.
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Flu vaccination data from PharmOutcomes and Sonar for 2021/22
The Excel document below contain information on the number of flu vaccinations administered as part of the community pharmacy Flu Vaccination Service 2021/22 which have been entered into the PharmOutcomes and Sonar systems.*
*Sonar data for the number of flu vaccinations administered as part of the community pharmacy Flu Vaccination Service 2021/22 has not been available to report since the start of February 2022.
Some contractors are unable to use or have decided not to use these electronic systems to record the administration of vaccines. Therefore the total number of vaccinations administered by community pharmacists under the national Flu Vaccination Service in 2021/22 will be higher than the number recorded in the Excel document below.
Daily flu vaccination data (last updated 4th April 2022)
Patient eligibility group data from PharmOutcomes and Sonar for 2021/22
This data shows the eligibility groups of patients who have been vaccinated in participating community pharmacies.
Some contractors are not able to use or have decided not to use electronic systems to record the administration of vaccines. Therefore this data does not cover all patients vaccinated during the 2021/22 service.
| Vaccination eligibility group | PharmOutcomes (updated 4th April 2022) | Sonar (updated 4th April 2022) | Total | Percentage of total vaccinations |
| 50 to 64 years old | 1,979,274 | 232,672 | 2,211,728 | 46.2% |
| 65 years and over | 1,673,630 | 218,994 | 1,892,539 | 39.5% |
| Chronic respiratory disease | 181,690 | 34,025 | 215,653 | 0.7% |
| Carer | 56,771 | 10,057 | 66,722 | 1.4% |
| Diabetes | 54,619 | 23,249 | 77,862 | 1.6% |
| Social care workers | 47,734 | 11,790 | 59,482 | 1.2% |
| Immunosuppression | 38,540 | 9,440 | 47,965 | 1.0% |
| Pregnant woman | 37,267 | 7,948 | 45,148 | 0.9% |
| Household contact of immunocompromised individual | 29,882 | 6,311 | 36,185 | 0.8% |
| Frontline primary care staff | 22,029 | 10 | 22,029 | 0.5% |
| Morbid obesity | 20,960 | 2,157 | 23,109 | 0.5% |
| Learning disability | 16,541 | 2,356 | 18,894 | 0.4% |
| Chronic neurological disease | 15,883 | 2,893 | 18,767 | 0.4% |
| Chronic heart disease | 14,168 | 4,919 | 19,081 | 0.4% |
| Health and social care workers employed through Direct Payment of Personal Health Budget | 14,152 | 617 | 14,766 | 0.3% |
| Chronic kidney disease | 4,089 | 1,130 | 5,219 | 0.1% |
| Hospice worker | 3,130 | 414 | 3,537 | 0.1% |
| Chronic liver disease | 2,948 | 830 | 3,777 | 0.1% |
| Person in long-stay residential care home/care facility | 2,487 | 406 | 2,894 | 0.1% |
| Asplenia or splenic dysfunction | 2,353 | 448 | 2,801 | 0.1% |
Location of service data from PharmOutcomes
| Location | Total | Percentage of total vaccinations |
| Pharmacy | 3,914,502 | 98.8% |
| Long-stay care home or long-stay residential facility | 18,575 | 0.5% |
| Patient’s home | 4,182 | 0.1% |
| Other | 25,547 | 0.6% |
Last updated 4th April 2022
Analysis of provision to primary care sector staff from PharmOutcomes
| Location | Total* | Percentage of total vaccinations |
| Community Pharmacy | 8,238 | 40.6% |
| Dentistry | 2,701 | 13.3% |
| General Practice | 8,072 | 39.8% |
| Optometry | 1,286 | 6.3% |
* These figures do not include any private employer-led flu vaccination provisions that occurred before frontline primary care staff were announced as a new cohort for NHS flu vaccinations.
Last updated 4th April 2022
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