BRADFORD District Care Trust is achieving some of England’s highest rates of staff seasonal flu vaccinations this winter.

National figures released yesterday by Public Health England show that the Care Trust has vaccinated 49 per cent of frontline staff during the first month of the vaccination season, which was from September 1 and October 31 this year. The Trust is in the top three mental health trusts in England and above the national average of 36.8 per cent.

Since the figures were collected, the Trust has vaccinated more front line staff, bringing the current total to 55 per cent, putting the Trust on-track to exceed the 70 per cent it achieved last winter.

Cathy Woffendin, deputy director of nursing and specialist services, is pictured getting her flu vaccine from Natalie Machell, senior infection prevention nurse.