Flu season is here
If you fall into any of following criterias you are entitled to a free flu vaccination:
- people aged 65 or over (including those who will be 65 by 31 March 2024)
- people aged 6 months to 64 years with a long-term condition that increases the risk of flu, including congenital heart disease, high blood pressure with cardiac complications, chronic heart failure, and people being treated for ischaemic heart disease (for a full list of eligible conditions, please visit the Green Book: Chapter 19 on influenza)
- women who are pregnant
- those who live in a residential or nursing home
- carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
- frontline workers who work with patients/clients in health or social care settings
- people who have a weakened immune system
- those living with someone with a weakened immune system
- children aged 2 or 3 years (age on 31 August 2023)
- school-age children (from Reception class to Year 11) this criteria will be vaccinated at school
Please contact the surgery to book your appointment.