Please complete this form to give consent for your child to receive the flu vaccine by 13th September 2024. Please only complete one consent form per child to avoid the risk of duplication. This year, the School Vaccination Team will be offering the seasonal childhood nasal flu vaccine to children in school years Reception to Year 11, and will be visiting schools in September and October. Only children born from 1 September 2008 (01.09.08) to 31 August 2020 (31.08.20) are eligible to receive the vaccine in school at present. Any consent forms received for children whose date of birth fall outside of these dates
will not be accepted.
The vaccine is recommended to help protect your child against flu. Flu can be an unpleasant illness and sometimes causes serious complications. Vaccinating your child will also help protect other vulnerable family members and friends, by preventing the spread of the flu virus.
Most children are offered a nasal spray vaccine which is a quick, simple and painless spray up the nose. A small number of children will require the flu vaccine via injection which is available via your GP surgery.
Further information about the Vaccination Programme.This webpage has details about the small number of children for whom the nasal vaccine is not appropriate. The nasal spray vaccine contains a very small amount of gelatine from pigs (porcine gelatine) as an essential ingredient to keep it stable and able to work. For those who may not accept medicines or vaccines that contain porcine gelatine, a flu vaccine injection is available.
The vaccine is given as a 0.1mls of liquid into each nostril, so there are no needles and it is a safe method of delivery for most children. Please follow this link to
view our new nasal flu video which demonstrates what happens at each school vaccination session.
On this consent form, you will be asked a series of questions about your child’s health, to assess their eligibility for the nasal flu vaccine. If you answer yes to any of these questions, a member of the team will contact you to discuss further.
If you need to contact the School Vaccination Team prior to your child’s vaccination, please send an email to:
FluVaccinationEnquiries.DHSC@gov.im Data ProtectionManx Care respects your right to privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. You can access Manx Care's Privacy Notice, including information on how to exercise any of your rights under the Data Protection Act 2018.
