Please read on for more details regarding this years Flu vaccination campaign and COVID Booster campaign.
Flu Vaccinations 2021
We are currently gearing up to deliver flu vaccinations to those who are eligible later this month. We were anticipating delivery of the vaccine in the next week or so but have been informed by our suppliers that deliveries have been delayed due to ‘road freight challenges’.
We currently aim to run our first clinic as soon as possible after our first delivery which we expect will be later this month, and then run 2 further clinics on 9th October and 23rd October. We will confirm dates and start booking the flu vaccination clinics once we have a more definitive delivery date from our suppliers. We will of course contact eligible patients once we are able to start booking into these clinics, so you don’t need to do anything further at present.
As soon as the clinic dates are confirmed we will post an update on our website and Social Media. Please feel free to scroll to the bottom of this page to register for our weekly email update.
Just to recap, the criteria for having the flu vaccine this year is as follows:
Age 50 and over (including those who'll be 50 by 31 March 2022)
have certain health conditions (asthma and require a regular steroid inhaler, COPD, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, obesity (BMI >40), liver disease, kidney disease, Parkinson’s Disease, MS, MND, learning disability, splenectomy, sickle cell disease, or taking steroids or chemotherapy)
are pregnant
are in long-stay residential care
receive a carer's allowance, or are the main carer for an older or disabled person who may be at risk if you get sick
live with someone who is more likely to get infections (such as someone who has HIV, has had a transplant or is having certain treatments for cancer, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis)
frontline health or social care workers
For more details on the flu vaccine please visit NHS.uk
COVID Booster Jabs
We are awaiting final clarification from the JCVI (Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation) as to who will be eligible for the COVID booster vaccine. It is expected that patients who are considered ‘severely immunosuppressed’ will be first to receive the COVID booster. We can confirm that COVID booster vaccines will be delivered from Southam Clinic in a similar fashion to the initial COVID vaccinations. As such, those who are eligible will be contacted and offered an appointment at Southam Clinic to receive their booster once eligible. You do not need to do anything further at this stage, and we will of course keep you all posted.