Flu and Covid-19 vaccinations for Autumn 2023 at Pharmacy2Go

The Government has just announce that there will be a delayed start to the vaccination service this winter, care homes will start first on October 2nd and all other eligible patients (see list below) will start no sooner than October 7th.

Flu and Covid-19 vaccines can be given at the same appointment and can be booked on the NHS national booking service website (NBS) at:

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/covid-19-services/covid-19-vaccination-services/

BOOKINGS CAN ONLY BE MADE FROM SEPTEMBER 25th

Flu vaccine eligibility 2023-2024

(NOTE: We will only be offering vaccines to 18 year olds and over)

• All children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2023
• All primary school-aged children (from reception to Year 6)
• Secondary school-aged children (Years 7 to 11)
• Those aged 6 months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined in the Green Book, Influenza chapter 19)
• Pregnant women
• All those aged 65 years and over

Those in long-stay residential care homes and other long-stay care facilities where rapid spread is likely to follow introduction of infection and cause high morbidity and mortality (this does not include, for example, prisons, young offender institutions, university halls of residence)

Carers in receipt of carer's allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person

Close contacts of immunocompromised individuals

Frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer-led occupational Health scheme including those working for:

• a registered residential care or nursing home
• registered domiciliary care providers
• voluntary managed hospice providers

Those that are employed by those who received Direct Payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health Budgets, such as Personal Assistants