HSE cancels tender for enhanced flu vaccine due to cost

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has cancelled a tender for an enhanced flu vaccine for next winter due to the cost of the jab, the Minister for Health has said.

Every winter, influenza places a significant burden on Irish hospitals, with older people being particularly at risk of severe illness.

Enhanced flu vaccines are designed to better protect those aged 65 or older from severe illness and hospitalisation, reducing the burden on the hospital system.

Last October the Health Information and Quality Authority published a health technology assessment (HTA) on the newer jabs, stating they could reduce the impact of flu on this age cohort as well as the burden on the hospital sy...
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