This Autumn a number of vaccines will be available to those eligible (eligibility below under each vaccine) from both practice sites.
COVID and FLU vaccines will be delivered together from 3/10/24. Electronic invites will be coming for those eligible soon. Or you will be able to book in via reception until the end of December.
RSV is a new vaccine and only available from the practice (not pharmacies). Those eligible will also be invited electronically or are welcome to book via reception soon. Those aged 75 from 19/8/24 will be invited first form September ’24 onwards.
Flu
Eligible groups for the 2024 to 2025 season:
- aged 2 and 3 years on 31 August 2024
- eligible school aged children (Reception to Year 11)
- those aged 6 months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
- pregnant women
- all those aged 65 years and over
- those in long-stay residential care homes
- carers, those in receipt of carer’s allowance or main carer of an older or disabled person
- household contacts of immunocompromised individuals
- frontline health and social care staff
Further information is here.
COVID
The groups to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine in autumn/winter 2024/25 are:
- 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
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-the-green-book-chapter-14a
RSV
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination is new this year, further information can be found here.
Everyone turning 75 years old on or after the 1 September 2024 will be offered a single dose of RSV vaccine. This is because older adults are more at risk of serious complications from RSV. You can still get the vaccine up to the day before you turn 80.
For the first year of the programme, the vaccine will also be offered to those who are already aged 75 to 79 years on 1 September 2024 as part of a catch up programme.
If you are not yet 75 the NHS will invite you for vaccination once you turn 75.
It cannot be given on the same day as COVID/FLU vaccines
RSV vaccination is also available to pregnant women, a separate programme will be delivered from 28 weeks onwards by your obstetrics team team. Further general information is here.
Last modified: August 28, 2024