Weekend Flu And Covid Vaccination Clinics 5th and 12th October 2024

Flu Vaccinations

As always, the surgery has purchased flu vaccines for our eligible patients.

We will invite the following eligible groups in line with most recent guidance:

 From 1st September 2024: 

·         pregnant women

·         all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2024

·         primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6, will be vaccinated at school)

·         secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11, will be vaccinated at school)

·         all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years

From October 2024, exact start date to be confirmed by NHS England:

·         those aged 65 years and over

·         those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book, Influenza Chapter 19)

·         those in long-stay residential care homes

·         carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person

·         close contacts of immunocompromised individuals

·         frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants

We will be holding weekend clinics from 08:30am on Saturday 5th and 12th October, you can either make an appointment or just walk in on the dates mentioned.  

Support your Practice, have your vaccination with us.

COVID Vaccinations

We will invite the following eligible groups in line with most recent guidance:

• residents in a care home for older adults
• all adults aged 65 years and over
• persons aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group, as defined in tables 3 and 4 of the COVID-19 chapter of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Green Book on immunisation against infectious disease

We will be holding weekend clinics from 08:30am on Saturday 5th and 12th October, you can either make an appointment or just walk in on the dates mentioned.  

Support your Practice, have your vaccination with us.