GP Contract Services, England, 2019-20

The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to changes in the work of General Practices and work is being completed to understand the impact for Winter 2020. This spotlight report will include national and regional timelines to help understand previous activity regarding flu vaccinations and support planning. 

Three enhanced service collections are included in this report:

Seasonal influenza vaccination programme, a monthly count of patients who have received a seasonal influenza vaccination using the recommended vaccine within the reporting period September 2019 to March 2020.

Childhood seasonal influenza programme, a monthly count of the number of patients aged two or three years (but not aged less than two years or aged four years or over) who have received a seasonal influenza vaccination within the reporting period.

TIA seasonal influenza programme, a count of patients, identified as at risk with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) diagnosis code in the patient’s record, who have received a seasonal influenza vaccine in the reporting period. This is not a regular collection and will be included in the seasonal influenza vaccination programme in 2020-21

For more information about these collections, please use the data dictionary and supporting information released alongside the data and consult the business rules.

In 2019-20, there were 11,974,864 seasonal influenza vaccinations received within a GP practice or another healthcare provider between September 2019 and March 2020 in England.

The indicators included are: TIASF001, TIASF002, SFLU001, SFLU006, SFLU007, SFLU008, SFLU009, SFLU010, SFLUMI008, SFLUMI019, CFLU006, CFLU007, CFLU008, CFLU009 and CFLUMI015.

There were 608,832 childhood seasonal influenza vaccinations. This includes patients aged two or three years (but not aged less than two years or aged four years or over) on 31 August 2019 who have received a dose of the LAIV or QIVe given by the GP practice or another healthcare provider within the reporting period. (CFLU006, CFLU007, CFLU008, CFLU009 and CFLUMI015)

From September 2019 to March 2020, approximately 11,964,290 patients received a seasonal influenza vaccination in England. To estimate the number of patients who received a seasonal flu vaccination, captured within this data collection, indicators relating to a second dose of a vaccination have been removed.

The indicators included are: TIASF001,  SFLU001, SFLU006,  SFLU008, SFLU010, SFLUMI008, SFLUMI019, CFLU006, CFLU008 and CFLUMI015.

During the reporting period, 7,624,941 patients were aged 65 years or over on 31 March 2020 who received a vaccination, either at a GP practice or another heathcare provider. (SFLU001, SFLUMI008)

The data is collected and published at GP practice level, which can be mapped to higher geographies, including clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and sustainable transformation partnerships (STPs). Figure 3 shows the number of vaccinations for the different commissioning regions in England from September 2019 to March 2020

The table below includes the the number of patients registered at a GP practice for each region to provide contextual information for the regional charts below

The indicators included are: TIASF001, TIASF002, SFLU001, SFLU006, SFLU007, SFLU008, SFLU009, SFLU010, SFLUMI008, SFLUMI019, CFLU006, CFLU007, CFLU008, CFLU009 and CFLUMI015. Mapping file from Patients Registered at a GP Practice, April 2020.