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Winter Wellness Key 2026 Updates in vaccines, variants, PEP, and cold‑chain management Nicola Steenson
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- May 16, 2026
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Summary
This General Practice Clinical Session reviews current immunisation guidance for winter wellness, covering COVID-19, RSV, shingles, Japanese encephalitis virus, MMR and influenza. It explains eligibility, timing, co-administration and catch-up advice for these vaccines, including maternal RSV vaccination, nirsevimab use in infants, and influenza vaccination in pregnancy and higher-risk groups. It also introduces FluMist, a live attenuated intranasal influenza vaccine, and outlines its storage, administration, contraindications and practical precautions. The episode finishes with cold chain management, including temperature monitoring, equipment requirements and what to do during breaches or power outages. If you would like to watch the video podcast of this episode it is available on the Spotify app at this link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4B7LJOpasTJfxqZ9n6MvCP or in the Sydney North PHN YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sydneynorthhealthnetwork771/videos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are a General Practitioner who gets invited to dozens of webinars a month. The General Practice Clinical Sessions Podcast is designed for you. Instead of giving up an evening with your family for a live webinar or your weekend for a conference, you can listen to it here whenever it's convenient, in half the time and while you are commuting, exercising or even walking the dog. It's the same education, without interrupting your life. GPs can also earn CPD hours. Earn Educational Activity (EA) CPD without sacrificing time with your family. Listen to your Clinical Sessions Podcasts on your commute or while you exercise. Then each week, calculate the amount of time you invest listening and count that as self claimed Educat…