2021/22 FLU CAMPAIGN

We have now started our flu campaign and ask that you are patient as we will be shortly contacting all ELIGIBLE patients either by text or telephone.  If you have recently changed your contact details, we ask that you contact us to ensure you do not miss an invitation to book your flu vaccination appointment.  We will be sending out texts with a link to enable you to book yourself into a flu clinic specific for your eligibility.

Eligible groups are:

• all children aged 2 to 3  on 31 August 2021
• those aged 6 months and up in certain clinical at risk groups  Flu vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• pregnant women The flu jab in pregnancy – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• those aged 65 years and over
• carers
• close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
• frontline health and social care staff employed by:
  • a registered residential care or nursing home
  • registered domiciliary care provider
  • a voluntary managed hospice provider
  • Direct Payment (personal budgets) and/or Personal Health Budgets, such as Personal Assistants.