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.

RSV Vaccination Campaigns

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an enveloped RNA virus, in the same family as the human parainfluenza viruses and mumps and measles viruses. RSV is one of the common viruses that cause coughs and colds in winter. RSV is transmitted by large droplets and by secretions from contact with an infected person.

Infants under one year of age and the elderly are at the greatest risk of developing severe disease. While most RSV infections usually cause mild illness, infants aged less than 6 months frequently develop the most severe disease such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia, which may result in hospitalisation. 

From 1 September 2024, 2 new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programmes will be introduced:

Programme for older adults aged 75 to 79 years old

All adults turning 75 years old on or after 1 September 2024 will be eligible for the routine programme and should be offered a single dose of the RSV vaccine. A one-off catch-up campaign for those already aged 75 to 79 years old on 1 September 2024 will be undertaken at the earliest opportunity.

Programme for pregnant women to protect infants

All women who are at least 28 weeks pregnant (the eligible cohort) on 1 September 2024, will be offered a single dose of the RSV vaccine. After that, pregnant women will become eligible as they reach 28 weeks gestation and remain eligible up to birth.

For further information please watch this YouTube video by clicking on the link below. 

https://youtu.be/wBaTP-QayMs 

We are in the process of out text message invites to patients which will include a link so that you can book your own appointment. We will also be calling patients who don't have a mobile phone number.

Please don't hesitate to call us to book your appointments

We are pleased to announce that you can now book your cervical screening (smear) appointment online via the NHS App

You can download the NHS App via these links Download on App Store Download on Google Play Store.