We are holding 2 Saturday Flu Clinics on Saturday 16th September & Saturday 7th October 9.00 -12.00pm. Please speak or contact reception to make an appointment.
If you are unable to make either of these dates we are holding mini Flu clinics during the week - please contact reception to make an appointment.
The Influenza Vaccination is offered between September and March.
The Influenza vaccination is offered free of charge to
- All those aged 65 years and over.
- Residents of nursing or residential homes for the elderly and other long-stay facilities.
- Carers of persons whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill.
- All those aged 6 months or over in a clinical risk group (listed below).
- All pregnant women, at any stage of pregnancy.
| Clinical risk groups | Examples (decision based on clinical judgement) |
| Chronic respiratory disease | - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and emphysema; bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung fibrosis, pneumoconiosis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).
- Asthma - with disease which requires continuous or repeated use of inhaled or systemic steroids or with previous exacerbations requiring hospital admission.
- Children who have previously been admitted to hospital for lower respiratory tract disease.
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| Chronic heart disease | - Congenital heart disease.
- Hypertension with cardiac complications.
- Chronic heart failure.
- Individuals requiring regular medication and/or follow-up for ischaemic heart disease.
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| Kidney disease | - Chronic kidney disease.
- Nephrotic syndrome.
- Renal transplantation.
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| Chronic liver disease | - Cirrhosis.
- Biliary atresia.
- Chronic hepatitis.
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| Chronic neurological disease | - Stroke.
- Transient ischaemic attack (TIA).
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| Diabetes | - Type 1 diabetes.
- Type 2 diabetes requiring insulin or oral hypoglycaemic drugs.
- Diet-controlled diabetes.
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| Immunosuppression | - Immunosupression due to disease or treatment.
- Patients undergoing chemotherapy leading to immunosuppression.
- Asplenia or splenic dysfunction.
- HIV infection.
- Individuals treated with, or likely to be treated with, systemic steroids for more than a month at a dose equivalent to prednisolone at 20 mg or more per day (any age) or, for children under 20 kg, a dose of 1 mg or more per kg per day.
Some immunocompromised patients may have a suboptimal immunological response to the vaccine.
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| Pregnancy | All pregnant women should receive the trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine. |
If you fall into any of the areas above please contact the surgery and make an appointment for your flu jab.