Flu Vaccination Programme 2023/24
Who is eligible to receive a free flu vaccine in 2023/24?
Practice Registered Patients in the following groups, will be offered a free flu vaccine in the GP surgery:
- Patients aged 50 years and over
- Patients with long term conditions such as:
- a heart problem
- diabetes
- a learning disability
- a kidney disease
- a liver disease
- COPD
- Asthma (only if requires continuous or repeated use of inhaled or systematic steroids or previous exacerbations requiring hospital admission)
- patients with BMI of 30 and above
- lowered immunity due to disease or treatment
- Pregnant women
- Carers
- Close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
- All children aged 2 and 3 years
- Frontline health and social care workers
The flu vaccination programme has also be extended to patients aged 50 to 64 who are not in a clinically at-risk group.
School-aged children and young people will be offered the flu vaccine at school.
Flu clinics at Shrewsbury Road Surgery
We are going to run the following weekend clinics:
Date | Time |
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Sat 23rd September 2023 | 09.00 – 13.00 |
We are also running weekday flu clinics at the Surgery
Please bear in mind that this is a busy clinic and you may have a short wait, make sure you wear loose clothing to make vaccinating easier.
How to book an appointment:
- You can reply to one of our invite text messages
- You can call our reception team
- Ask the Practice staff member to book you an appointment when you are at the surgery
Please only book an appointment if you know you are eligible to receive a free flu vaccine. If you are not sure, please speak to our Practice Team members.