In order to maintain social distancing, Flu jabs are strictly by appointment only this year. Please wear a face covering when attending the Surgery.
You should have a FREE NHS flu vaccine if you are:
- Age 65 or over
- Pregnant
- Living in a residential or Nursing Home
- the main carer of an older or disabled person
- a household contact of an immunocompromised person
- a frontline health or social care worker
- 50-64 years old without a chronic condition (these patients will be invited November/December depending on delivery of the vaccines)
Or have a long term condition such as:
- a heart problem
- a chest complaint or breathing difficulties, including bronchitis, emphysema or asthma
- a kidney disease
- lowered immunity due to disease or treatment (such as steroid medication or cancer treatment)
- liver disease
- had a stroke or a transient attach (TIA)
- diabetes
- a neurological condition, eg multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebral palsy or learning disability
- a problem with your spleen, eg sickle cell disease or you have had your spleen removed
- are seriously overweight (BMI of 40 or above)
This list of conditions isn’t definitive. It is always an issue of clinical judgement. Your GP can assess you to take into account the risk of flu making any underlying illness you may have worse, as well as your risk of serious illness from flu itself.
Children
If you have a child over 6 months of age who has one of the conditions listed above they should have a flu vaccination.
The children being offered the vaccine this year, are:
- all 2 and 3 years of age
- all children in reception class and school years 1 to 6
- All secondary school children years 7 to 11
Children aged two and three years will be given the vaccination at their general practice usually by the practice nurse. Nearly all eligible children in reception year and school years 1 to 11 throughout England will be offered the flu vaccine in school. For most children, the vaccine will be given as a spray in each nostril. This is a very quick and painless procedure.