We are encouraging patients to book their flu vaccinations online via SystmOnline or the NHS app again this year. You can register for the NHS app at home; you do not need to come in to the surgery. If you are eligible and have a mobile phone number on your record, you will receive a booking link via SMS in due course, which will let you browse our available appointments and book at your leisure. If you cannot access booking digitally please contact our reception team on 01243 813450 to book in. We recommend you call in the afternoon, as our phone lines are quieter.
The current eligibility guidelines are as follow:
– Aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2023
-Eligible school aged children (Given at school not in practice)
-Aged 6 months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
-Pregnant women
-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
The flu clinics currently available are as follows:
Saturday 4th October
Saturday 11th October
Please arrive as close to your appointment time slot as possible and join the queue at the front door. Our flu clinics are very busy be we assure you that the wait is shorter than the queue would initially suggest. There will be a member of staff at the door to guide you through the clinic. Please wear a short sleeve t-shirt so that you are ready to be vaccinated, this way we can ensure patients are in and out with minimal delay.