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Canterbury Flu Group

Canterbury Flu Group. Shorter ED Stays Winter Planning April 2013. Influenza Response Strategy. Started with Pandemic planning Establishment of CPPG Sponsored by CDHB Linking key Groups Whole Health Response Preserve Secondary Care. Canterbury Flu Group.

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Canterbury Flu Group

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  1. Canterbury Flu Group Shorter ED Stays Winter Planning April 2013

  2. Influenza Response Strategy • Started with Pandemic planning • Establishment of CPPG • Sponsored by CDHB • Linking key Groups • Whole Health Response • Preserve Secondary • Care

  3. Canterbury Flu Group • Canterbury Primary Response Group (CPRG) • co-ordinates primary care providers • ‘Flu Group’ (subgroup) was assembled after the successful Pandemic Planning Committee had brought various groups together • ‘Flu Group’ meets throughout the year to plan the community response to seasonal influenza • One of the main goals is to ease the burden on the ED and the hospital

  4. Canterbury Flu Group • Wide membership • Primary care Secondary care • Public Health Infectious diseases • Clinical virology Planning and Funding • CDHB Communications team • CDHB Emergency Planning • Out of Hours providers PHOs • Community Pharmacy Laboratory services • Immunization co-ordinators • CDHB senior management team rep.

  5. Health Sector Communications Public Messaging Local Fluline: 0800 37 30 37 Influenza Vaccination Programme General Practice Streamed Clinics Designated General Practice Clinics Canterbury Influenza Response 2010 Emergency Dept and/or Hospital

  6. Activities of the Flu Group • Meets monthly until flu season starts then meetings called as required and may be weekly • Community and Public Health reports on influenza intelligence …local, national and international • Works on the timeline with the major groups reporting at each meeting • Ensures that public messages are consistent

  7. Annual Community Based Flu Response Tasks (Feb 2013)

  8. Timeline for the present month and reports • Immunization • Fluline • General Practice • Designated General practice clinics • Emergency Department / Hospital • Planning and Funding • CPRG • Communication • public messaging • internal communication

  9. Timeline for the present month and reports from each group • An example: Immunization • 1. General immunization of at risk groups • 2. Staff immunization • 3. Free vaccine for under 18’s offered again 2013 • …School based programs • previous week 25% uptake • ? Re scripting by communications • ….Immunization of 0-5s at GPs

  10. Timeline for the present month Report from Communications • Comms outlines early campaign for 2013 • Plans family oriented messages • Notes that advertising needs to point to Flu Line • Will meet with GP and Vaccinator from Flu Group to organize messages for • …. Fluline • …..messages for General Practices • Comms. to work with Clinical Virologist, GP to develop strategy to reach parents of under 5’s • Reports that media is making enquiries already

  11. Media Interest

  12. Annual Community Based Flu Response Tasks (Feb 2013)

  13. New Zealand November 2012

  14. Influenza report from USA

  15. Strengths of the Flu Group • Co-ordinates ‘Flu ‘ activities for the region • Revises the annual Flu Strategy based on new information and the current level of ILI • Encourages the Flu Vaccination program and changes it if required • Plans communications for health providers and for the public • Closely monitors the influenza season and the impact it has on each part of the health system • All the ‘right ‘ people at the meetings • Provides consistent messages to the Public

  16. Strengths of the Flu Group • Develops strategies for ongoing Tamiflu use • This year… members to work with GPs to provide advice for management of flu in rest homes • Most importantly…..the Flu Group members know each other well and these relationships enable the group to manage any changes during the flu season and unexpected situations outside of seasonal influenza

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