To give patients the best protection from Covid and Flu during the winter and through the period of greatest risk in December 2023 and early January 2024, providers have been asked to commence autumn/winter seasonal vaccines from mid-September. This is because vaccine protection is highest within the first 3 months following vaccination. Therefore, all combined Flu and Covid clinics will start on 25th September 2023 with further dates throughout October.
Eligible patients will be contacted to book an appointment over the next few weeks. The first invitations will be sent at the beginning of September. Due to time constraints put in place by NHS England to complete this round of vaccinations, wherever possible we will be co-administering both Covid & Flu together.
We are encouraging all patients to call reception after 2pm to book their vaccinations. We will be running Saturday clinics on 30th September and 14th October between 8.30am and 2.30pm and additional clinics Monday to Friday both am and pm.
Eligibility
You are eligible for a free NHS Autumn/Winter vaccines if you fit one or more of the following criteria:
Flu vaccination:
- those aged 65 years and over
- those aged 6 months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
- pregnant women
- all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2023
- primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6). All school age children will be offered their vaccination in school.
- 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
- household 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
Covid-19 booster
Please note the surgery can only offer covid-19 vaccinations to patients over the age of 16, children under 16 will need to attend a hospital vaccination centre:
- those aged 65 years and over
- persons aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group, as laid out in the Immunisation Green Book, COVID-19 chapter (Green Book)
- residents in a care home for older adults
- housebound patients
- pregnant women
- persons aged 16 to 64 years who are carers (as defined in the Green Book) and staff working in care homes for older adults
- persons aged 12 to 64 years who are household contacts (as defined in the Green Book) of people with immunosuppression
- frontline health and social care workers
Support your Surgery
We are about to launch our Autumn and Winter vaccinations campaign. By having your Flu and Covid vaccinations at the surgery you are supporting us in providing the best possible health care.
The income we generate from providing this service is used to enhance and increase the number of clinicians we employ. Please book appointments at your GP surgery for your Flu Jab and Covid Boosters. Please support your surgery.