Improving Immunisation Uptake Team (IIUT)
About
The IIUT is a specialist team that works closely with and is part of, SCW’s Child Health Information Service (CHIS). The IIUT are focused on reducing variation in immunisations and increasing uptake rates in children aged 0 – 5 years.
Our mission statement is to boost overall immunisation uptake, reduce health inequalities and promote health protection for the youngest in our communities.
The team use CHIS data and collaborates directly with primary care colleagues and other key stakeholders, such as health visitors.
Who are the team?
The IIUT is comprised of clinicians with backgrounds in nursing and health visiting and administrators with skills in data analysis. This unique blend of skills means the team is well-positioned to work closely with colleagues in primary care to support sustained improvements in immunisation uptake rates. The IIUT support offer is flexible and takes the time to tailor the approach to meet individual practice needs.
The IIUT clinicians and GP Liaison administrators promote evidence-based approaches such as the whole-practice approach to childhood immunisations. The IIUT works collaboratively with practices to conduct data cleansing and review immunisation processes.
The improving immunisation uptake service is currently provided across these areas:
- Thames Valley - phone: 03005611855, email:
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A bespoke Improving Immunisation Uptake service model is co-designed with the commissioners of each NHSE region to meet the specific needs of the communities we serve.
What can we provide?
The IIU team identifies underserved communities and reduces health inequalities. Our services are tailored to meet individual practice needs by doing the following:
- Utilise primary care data to identify practices and offer support
- Provide direct support and facilitate whole practice approach
- Data cleansing – share data with practices and commissioners, escalate concerns
- Review/develop processes – action planning and monitoring
- Provide practices with monthly update trackers and reports
- Utilise CHIS data to work in partnership with practices to review data and immunisation processes
- IIUT support is tailored to individual practice needs
- Reducing health inequalities - Identify underserved communities
- Sharing best practice – Attend training days, immunisation groups
- Providing resources – Masterclasses, toolkits, Practice immunisation SOP, templates, articles, case studies
Masterclasses
Our new online Bitesize masterclass sessions provide information and resources on best practices around immunisation uptake and are available to all healthcare professionals served by NHS SCW Child Health Information Service (CHIS).
We'd like to invite you to access our new suite of video resources to support best practices around childhood immunisations.
Bitesize masterclass sessions include:
Session 1 – Introduction to NHS SCW Improving Immunisation Uptake Team and Child Health Information Service
Session 2 – Top tips for improving immunisation uptake
Session 3 – New registrations
Session 4 – The UK childhood immunisation schedule, deciphering overseas immunisation histories and severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
Session 5 – Data cleansing and ghost patients
Session 6 – Engaging with families
- To register and request access to masterclass resources email ->
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- Other IIU resources (FutureNHS GP Top Tips) -> FutureNHS Collaboration Platform