Live Flu Update 2026/27

Prepare for the upcoming flu season with our comprehensive Live Flu Update Training for 2026/27. Designed for healthcare professionals involved in delivering seasonal influenza vaccinations, this course provides the latest guidance on the UK flu programme, current vaccine products, eligible patient groups, and safe vaccine administration. Gain the knowledge and confidence needed to support safe, effective, and compliant flu vaccination services throughout the 2026/27 season.

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What You'll Learn

  • Understand the UK Annual Flu Programme 2026/27, including eligible groups, vaccine recommendations, and current national guidance.
  • Develop confidence in the different flu vaccine products available for the 2026/27 season, including indications, age groups, and key administration considerations.
  • Strengthen your ability to support safe vaccination practice, answer patient questions, and apply current flu programme guidance in practice.

This course includes

Direct Teaching

Videos

Case Studies

Course Content

  • The UK Annual Flu Programme 2026/27
  • NHS Flu groups 2026/27
  • Simple vaccine summaries
  • Flu vaccine products for the 2026/27 season:
    • Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV)
    • Cell cultured inactivated influenza vaccine (IIVc)
    • Recombinant inactivated influenza vaccine (IIVr)
    • High dose inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV-HD)
    • Adjuvanted inactivated influenza vaccine (aIIV)
    • Standard egg cultured inactivated influenza vaccine (IIVe)
  • Introduction to Seasonal Influenza
  • The nature of Flu
  • The UK Annual Flu Programme 2026/27
  • Simple summaries
  • Flu vaccines 2026/27

 

  • Introduction to COVID-19
  • The nature of COVID-19
  • COVID-19 vaccine administration
  • The UK COVID-19 vaccination programme
  • Vaccine summary sheets
  • FAQ section

FAQs

Yes, you will receive a certificate on successful completion of the course.

Knowledge checks and quizzes are included within the accompanying online learning modules.

The live virtual update session lasts approximately 1.5 hours. Additional online Flu and COVID-19 learning modules can be completed at your own pace.

This course is suitable for healthcare professionals wishing to administer the annual flu vaccine, including practice nurses, HCA’s, pharmacists, occupational health clinicians, and other healthcare practitioners involved in vaccination delivery.

This course follows current UKHSA and national immunisation guidance. Healthcare professionals administering vaccines should also have completed appropriate foundation immunisation training, undertake supervised practice where required, and work within local competency and governance frameworks.

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Description

Virtual 1.5 hour Flu 2026/27 Update training course will tell you everything you need to know about the flu vaccine products and groups for the 2026/27 seasonal influenza vaccination programme.

Who is this Flu training 2026/27 suitable for?

This Flu training is suitable for any healthcare professionals wishing to administer the annual flu vaccine. This could include practice nurses, pharmacists, occupational health clinicians or any other health care practitioner who is able to administer vaccines.

So what Flu vaccines and modules have we included in the training?

We have include the full set of flu vaccine products available in the UK for the coming flu season:

  • Live attenuated influenza vaccine – LAIV
  • Cell cultured inactivated influenza vaccine – IIVc
  • Recombinant inactivated influenza vaccine – IIVr
  • High dose inactivated influenza vaccine – IIV-HD
  • Adjuvanted inactivated influenza vaccine – aIIV
  • Standard egg cultured inactivated influenza vaccine – IIVe

Also included are the following modules:

  • The UK Annual Flu Programme 2026/27
  • NHS Flu groups 2026/27
  • Simple summaries

We also include a free online Flu course with the following modules:

  • Introduction to Seasonal Influenza
  • The nature of Flu
  • The UK Annual Flu Programme 2026/27
  • Simple summaries
  • Flu vaccines 2026/27

We have also included a free online Covid-19 course with the full set of Covid-19 vaccines currently approved for use in the UK as well as the following modules:

  • Introduction to COVID-19
  • The nature of COVID-19
  • COVID-19 vaccine administration
  • The UK COVID-19 vaccination programme
  • Vaccine summaries sheet
  • FAQ section

What have we not included?

Our Annual Immunisation Update course modules and New Immunisers’ Foundation online courses can be purchased as add ons to this course.

Additional information

Dates

2nd September 2026 (9:15am – 10:45am), 2nd September 2026 (11:45am – 1:15pm), 8th September 2026 (9:15am – 10:45am), 8th September 2026 (11:45am – 1:15pm), 10th September 2026 (9:15am – 10:45am), 10th September 2026 (11:45am – 1:15pm)

6 reviews for Live Flu Update 2026/27

  1. Laura Morgan

    Well explained and easy to understand

  2. Juliet Fox

    Very knowledgeable, warm and welcoming and very easy to talk to

  3. maurmob1 (verified owner)

    Very clear and informative

  4. Rebecca Neal

    Friendly and interactive session

  5. Sarah Halpin

    Good, speedy and informative

  6. Veronica Awotwi

    Excellent teaching

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