Lunch & Learn Sessions – Boost Shingles Vaccine Uptake!

We’re excited to invite you to our bitesize Lunch and Learn sessions organised by GSK, running via Microsoft Teams from October through November. These short, focused sessions are designed to support all staff in practice in increasing shingles vaccination uptake—an area where we are currently falling behind locally.

Why Attend?

• 🛡️ Protect your patients – Shingles can be serious, especially for vulnerable groups.
• 💷 Benefit your practice – Each vaccine administered contributes to QoF points and includes a payment incentive.
• 📈 Stay up to date – The vaccination criteria have changed: now, anyone aged 18+ who is immunocompromised is eligible.
• 💡 Get practical tips – These sessions will provide quick, actionable guidance to help you and your team confidently promote and deliver the vaccine.

Whether you're clinical or non-clinical, these sessions are a great opportunity to refresh your knowledge and make a real impact in your community.

The first session is Shingles Vaccination: Prioritising severely immunocompromised patients.

The session will be Ran by Michelle Falconer MPH, BN (Hons), RN, DN Cert, Queen’s Nurse, has over 25 years extensive experience in vaccination and immunisation at a local level (Immunisation Coordinator), and at a national level, This includes working in a specialist improvement role at the Department of Health, a Clinical Nurse Specialist (UKHSA national immunisation team), and Nurse Consultant in Vaccination and Immunisation at Public Health Scotland where she was also the professional lead for nursing. Michelle’s experience includes clinical practice, strategy and policy development/implementation, training and education including university post graduate teaching and vaccine research. She now works as an Independent Nurse Consultant

Date: 22^nd October 13.00 – 14.00 and 23^rd October 12.00 – 13.00 to book on please email : gurmeet.x.khaira@gsk.com