Seasonal Flu and Covid Vaccinations
We will be starting our Autumn flu and covid vaccinations w/c 18/9 for eligible groups of patients. Eligible patients will be contacted and booked in for vaccination.
Covid and Flu Vaccination Eligibility
- care home residents
- all adults aged 65 years and over
- persons aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group (as defined in green book)
- frontline health and social care workers
- household contacts (aged 12-64yrs) of people who are immunosuppressed (as defined in green book)
- carers (16-64 years) and staff working in care homes (as defined in green book)
Additional criteria for flu vaccination
- all pre-school children aged 2-4yrs on 1 September 2023
- all primary and secondary (up to and including year 12) school children
- pregnant women
Loughview will be administering vaccine to all these groups with the exception of care home residents and schoolchildren.
We will be using Comiraty BA 4.5 Pfizer covid vaccine. The government advice is that as before, both vaccinations should be given at the same appointment. Patients who do not want both vaccines can also be facilitated. Please wear clothing that allows access to both upper arms to your appointment. Do not attend if you have a temperature or feel unwell on the day of your appointment.