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05/09/2025

💉 Flu Training Workshops 2025/26 – Final Call for Pharmacists & Pharmacy Teams

Pharmacies are at the frontline of this year’s flu vaccination campaign — make sure your team is prepared.

Join our face-to-face Flu Training Workshops this September & October:
✅ Hands-on immunisation skills
✅ Injection technique (IM & SC) practice
✅ CSTF Level 2 BLS Practical included
✅ Anaphylaxis management
✅ CPD certificate provided

📍 7 UK locations | AM & PM sessions available
📅 Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Cardiff, Southampton & Croydon

⚠️ Sessions start from 21st September – seats are limited, book yours today!

🔗 Book now: https://healthacademyonline.co.uk/course-categories/face-to-face-pharmacy-flu-training-2025-26/
📧 For group access: training@healthacademy.co.uk

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05/09/2025

From January 2026, children across England will, for the first time, be offered a free NHS vaccination against chickenpox as part of the routine immunisation schedule. Delivered via a combined MMRV vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella), this rollout represents the first addition to the childhood vaccination programme since MenB was introduced in 2015.

The programme will not only protect thousands of children from the discomfort of chickenpox but also help prevent severe complications, reduce school absences, save NHS resources, and support working families.

So, what does this mean for families, healthcare professionals, and the wider public health landscape?

Read the full blog here: https://healthacademyonline.co.uk/nhs-chickenpox-vaccine-rollout-what-we-need-to-know/
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01/09/2025

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01/09/2025

There are many aspects to nursing work and the problems we face as healthcare professionals but one part we tend not to think about are the trials and tribulations we face when it comes to desk based nursing. Whether that’s conducting face-to-face consultations, telephone, virtual appointments or wrestling with electronic devices and health records, these problems can be just as exhausting as bedside care but can come with a different set of pressures. Constant decision making, prolonged screen time and dealing with emotional clients can lead to consultation fatigue. This form of burnout is easy to overlook yet common in modern nursing and can cause high levels of nurse sickness and absences due to mental health related issues.

The Workforce Burnout and Resilience in The NHS and Social Care Report, 2021, states that even though Covid-19 had seen a huge mental impact on nurses due to workforce pressures and staff shortages, it had highlighted an already trending issue that has been on-going long before Covid-19 emerged. NHS England released key statistics in January 2025 that looked at how many NHS full time workdays had been lost due to mental health issues. It states that the overall absence rate was 5.7% (638,900 full time equivalent days lost) with a reported reason for sickness being anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric illnesses accounting for 24.7% of absences.

Read the full blog here: https://healthacademyonline.co.uk/consultation-fatigue-advice-for-nurses-facing-burnout-behind-the-desk/

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29/08/2025

💡 The 4T’s of Mumps
Did you know mumps can lead to serious complications such as hearing loss, meningitis, or fertility problems?

In our latest video of the 4T's series, we break it down using the easy-to-follow 4T’s framework:
🔹 Type
🔹 Transmission
🔹 Threat
🔹 Treatment & Prevention

👉 Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/ufO9eCA4FOE

29/08/2025

🚨 Big Update in Childhood Vaccinations 🚨
From January 2026, the NHS will offer the chickenpox vaccination (as part of the MMRV vaccine) to children for the first time.

✅ Protects against chickenpox alongside measles, mumps, and rubella
✅ Expected to benefit around 500,000 children every year
✅ Aims to cut school absences, support parents, and save NHS resources

This marks the first time a new disease has been added to the UK’s routine childhood vaccination schedule since MenB was introduced in 2015 — a major step in protecting children’s health.

🔗 Read the full announcement here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-chickenpox-vaccination-offered-for-first-time-to-children

A free chickenpox vaccination will offered for first time to children across England on the NHS from January.

28/08/2025

💉 Flu Training in Southampton – 5th October 2025 – Don’t Miss Out! 💉

Calling all immunisers! Join our Flu Training workshops in Southampton this October. Get compliant with practical immunisation skills in line with NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) guidance.

✅ Face-to-Face training
✅ AM & PM sessions available
✅ CSTF Certified Level 2 BLS Practical included

Secure your spot and boost your skills today!

🔗 Learn more: https://healthacademyonline.co.uk/course-categories/face-to-face-pharmacy-flu-training-2025-26/
📩 For bespoke group bookings, email: training@healthacademy.co.uk

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26/08/2025

👶👧🧑 Same symptom. Different age. Different approach.
A fever in a baby, a child, and a teenager can mean very different things.

Our latest blog unpacks why age matters in primary care—and how tailored training helps healthcare professionals keep children safe at every stage of development.

🔗 Read the full blog: https://healthacademyonline.co.uk/same-illness-different-age-why-different-ages-need-different-training/

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18/08/2025

Far too often, training in healthcare is treated as an individual checklist. Yet NHS England’s recent strategies emphasise that team training benefits go beyond compliance. They build stronger communication, increase morale, and support a safer patient experience. In primary care and community settings, training as a group aligns with NHS priorities. These include workforce wellbeing, retention, and clinical effectiveness. By bringing teams together-pharmacists, nurses, general practitioners (GPs), health care support workers (HCSWs), and admin staff, you nurture cohesion and shared responsibility for better patient care.

Builds Morale & Psychological Safety
The NHS “Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing” guide promotes structured team well‑being sessions and reflective practices. These activities build psychological safety, a culture where colleagues feel able to speak up without fear of blame. This in turn boosts engagement, mental health, and retention.

Organisations that foster safe, inclusive environments report lower absenteeism, greater innovation, and improved policy uptake. NHS Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Improvement Plan.

Team training offers structured space for honest reflection, shared challenge-solving, and building trust across professional roles.

Read the full blog here: https://healthacademyonline.co.uk/team-training-benefits-healthcare/

14/08/2025

💉 Flu Training in Manchester – 21st September 2025 – Don’t Miss Out! 💉

Calling all immunisers! Join our Flu Training workshops in Manchester this September. Get compliant with practical immunisation skills in line with NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) guidelines.

✅ Face-to-Face training
✅ Two sessions available: 9:00–12:30 or 13:30–17:00
✅ CSTF Certified Level 2 BLS Practical included

Secure your spot and boost your skills today!

🔗 Learn more: https://healthacademyonline.co.uk/course-categories/face-to-face-pharmacy-flu-training-2025-26/
📩 For bespoke group bookings, email: training@healthacademy.co.uk

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13/08/2025

Understanding the 4T's of Measles

With outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease on the rise globally, it’s more important than ever to understand the illnesses we’re protecting against. In this latest entry of our 4T’s series, we’re spotlighting measles, a highly contagious virus that remains a serious public health concern, especially in communities with low vaccination uptake.

At Health Academy, we use the practical and easy-to-follow 4T’s Framework to break down each disease featured in the UK immunisation schedule:

🔹Type
🔹Transmission
🔹Threat
🔹Treatment & Prevention

Let’s take a closer look at measles through this lens.

The 4T’s of Measles
Measles may seem like a childhood illness from the past, but it still poses a very real threat today.

Read the full blog here: https://healthacademyonline.co.uk/the-4ts-of-measles/