Immunisations

Flu

Each year the Practice carries out influenza vaccinations to current at-risk groups.  Based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation are as follows:

Those of all ages (including children) with:

  • Chronic respiratory disease, including asthma
  • Chronic heart disease
  • Chronic renal disease
  • Immunosupression due to disease or treatment
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Those aged 65 and over
  • children aged 2 and 3 years of age
  • those living in long-stay residential and nursing homes or other long stay facilities
  • Those who are in receipt of a carer's allowance, or who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person,  whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill
  • Pregnant women

Please call the Practice to make an appointment if you are in one of the at-risk groups or walkin to have your flu vaccination

IMMUNISATION

COVID-19 vaccine

The COVID-19 vaccine helps protect against COVID-19, which can be a serious or life-threatening illness. It's offered on the NHS to people at increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19.

MMR for non-immune adults

The MMR vaccine can also be given on the NHS to adults who may need it.

This includes:

  • people born between 1970 and 1979, who may have only been vaccinated against measles
  • people born from 1980 to 1990, who may not be protected against mumps

Check with your GP if you're not sure whether you have had the MMR vaccine.

If in doubt, go ahead and have it. Even if you have had it before, it won't harm you to have a second, or even third, course of the vaccination.

RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus

What is RSV?

Respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ). RSV is an infectious disease of the airways and lungs. RSV infection often causes symptoms similar to a cold, including: cough. sore throat.
 
From 1 September 2024, those who turn 75 and those age 75 to 79 will be eligible for a free vaccine to protect them from respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ).  This vaccination is alos being offered to Pregnant women.
 
For more information  please click on link below

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/rsv-vaccine/

Shingles Vaccinations

The NHS is carrying out a vaccination program for 70 - 80 year old patients (precise birth dates apply!).  If you are interested, please call the surgery to see whether you are entitled. 

Please read more about the Shingles Vaccination Programme here

Pneumonia

A pneumococcal immunisation programme exists for all people aged 65 and over and those at risk between the ages of 2 and 65 years. 

All NHS vaccinations and when to have them

It's important that vaccines are given on time for the best protection, but if you or your child missed a vaccine, contact your GP to catch up.

NHS vaccination schedule

Vaccines for babies under 1 year old

Age

Vaccines

8 weeks

6-in-1 vaccine
Rotavirus vaccine
MenB vaccine

12 weeks

6-in-1 vaccine (2nd dose)
Pneumococcal vaccine
Rotavirus vaccine (2nd dose)

16 weeks

6-in-1 vaccine (3rd dose)
MenB vaccine (2nd dose)

Vaccines for children aged 1 to 15

Age

Vaccines

1 year

Hib/MenC vaccine (1st dose)
MMR vaccine (1st dose)
Pneumococcal vaccine (2nd dose)
MenB vaccine (3rd dose)

2 to 15 years

Children's flu vaccine (every year until children finish Year 11 of secondary school)

3 years and 4 months

MMR vaccine (2nd dose)
4-in-1 pre-school booster vaccine

12 to 13 years

HPV vaccine

14 years

Td/IPV vaccine (3-in-1 teenage booster)
MenACWY vaccine
     

 

Vaccines for adults

Age

Vaccines

65 years

Flu vaccine (given every year after turning 65)
Pneumococcal vaccine
Shingles vaccine (if you turned 65 on or after 1 September 2023)

70 to 79 years

Shingles vaccine

75 to 79 years

RSV vaccine

Vaccines for pregnant women

When it's offered

Vaccines

During flu season

Flu vaccine in pregnancy

Around 20 weeks pregnant

Whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine

From 28 weeks pregnant

RSV vaccine

EXTRA VACCINES FOR AT -RISK PEOPLE

Extra vaccines for at-risk people

Some vaccines are only available on the NHS for groups of people who need extra protection.

See vaccines for at-risk babies and children
 
   
   
   
   
   
See vaccines for people with underlying health conditions
 
   
 




   
 

 
 

 
 

 
 



 




 

 
 



 




Important

If you're starting college or university, you should make sure you've already had:

  • the MenACWY vaccine – which protects against serious infections like meningitis. You can still ask your GP for this vaccine until your 25th birthday.
  • 2 doses of the MMR vaccine – as there are outbreaks of mumps and measles at universities. If you have not previously had 2 doses of MMR, you can still ask your GP for the vaccine.
  • the HPV vaccine – which helps protect against genital warts and cancers caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV), such as cervical cancer.

Non-urgent advice:Speak to your GP surgery if:

  • you think you or your child have missed any vaccinations
  • you or your child have a vaccination appointment – but you've missed it or cannot attend

Your GP surgery can book or rearrange an appointment.

It's best to have vaccines on time, but you can still catch up on most vaccines if you miss them.

Extra vaccines for at-risk people