Autumn Flu Campaign

 

We will be holding two large flu clinics in Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre (opposite Sports Direct) on:

  • Saturday the 5th October 2024 from 9:15am to 1:30pm
  • Saturday the 19th October 2024 from 9:15am to 1:30pm

These vaccinations will be by appointment only and we are inviting eligible patients to book themselves in.

  • Eligible patients include:
  • 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

For more information about flu vaccines and eligibility please visit the NHS website

We will also run some smaller clinics during the week in our Practices following these bigger clinics.

Published: Sep 5, 2024