Working Life: 'Vaccination is the best protection against flu'

Sinéad Horgan is assistant director of nursing: sepsis, surgical site infection and flu lead, South/South West Hospital Group

Sinead Horgan

5.30am

My working day starts. Winter is creeping in and my role as influenza lead, which is to promote the uptake of the flu vaccine, is in full swing. Flu is a highly infectious acute respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus which can affect people of any age.