VACCINATIONS
Autumn 2024 - Check your vaccination status***
RSV Vaccination**
This year a new vaccine has been introduced for some of our patients. This is the RSV vaccine, providing protection against one of the respiratory infections. This is being ofered to patients aged 75 - 79 years and also to pregnant women after the 28th week of pregnancy. More information can be found on the links below.
The Practice has sent out invitations for our eligible patients to book in for this vaccination during September 2024. This vaccine cannot be administered at the same time as the flu vaccination in older adults, so you will receive a separate appointment for your flu vaccination. If you have not yet booked your appointment, please contact us at the surgery to arrnag eyour vaccination.
Seasonal Influenza vaccinations**
This year the Joint Committee for Vaccinations & Immunisations (JCVI) has recomended that the flu vaccine should be given slightly later than you are normally used to. The NHS has been instructed to provide this vaccination from 3rd October 2024. We will be inviting our patients to book from this week (30th August 2024), with our clinics beginning on Saturday 5th October 2024. If we have a mobile telephone number for you, the invitation will allow you to book your appointment directly, without needing to phone the surgery.
You can check if you are eligible to receive your flu vaccination on the link below. Please book as soon as possible.
Are you eligible for a flu vaccination?
Children aged 2- 3 years old will be offered vaccination using the nasal vaccination rather than an injection. This is usually supplied to the surgery around Mid October. Once we have confirmed delivery dates, we will be inviting the parents/ guardians of these eligible children to book directly with us.
Childrens nasal flu vaccination
Shingles vaccination**
The shingles vaccination continues to be rolled out to patients as they reach age 65 years & 70 years of age. Some of our younger patients who are considered to be at higher risk due to weakened immune systems can receive this earlier. The link below provides both information about how the shingles vaccine works and who is eleigble to receive it, based on your date of birth.
The shingles vaccine is given in 2 doses. If you do NOT have a weakened immune system, these doses will be approximately 6 months apart. Those with weakened immune systems receive the second dose ater about 2 months.
The shingles vaccine can be given alongside the flu vaccine and you may be offered them both at the same appointment.
Pneumococcal Vaccination**
This vaccination continues to be offered to all eligible patients. Again, this can be given alongside the flu vaccine and you may be offered it at the same appointment. More information about the vaccination can be found on the link below.
Vaccination Schedule
Here is a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered to everyone in the UK, and the age at which you should ideally have them.
2 months:
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Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib, a bacterial infection that can cause severe pneumonia or Meningitis in young children) given as a 5-in-1 single jab known as DTaP/IPV/Hib
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Pneumococcal infection
3 months:
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5-in-1, second dose (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
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Meningitis C
4 months:
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5-in-1, third dose (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
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Pneumococcal infection, second dose
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Meningitis C, second dose
Between 12 and 13 months:
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Meningitis C, third dose
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Hib, fourth dose (Hib/MenC given as a single jab)
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MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), given as a single jab
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Pneumococcal infection, third dose
3 years and 4 months, or soon after:
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MMR second jab
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Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio (DtaP/IPV), given as a 4-in-1 pre-school booster
Around 12-13 years:
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Cervical cancer (HPV) vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer (girls only): three jabs given within six months
Around 13-18 years:
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Diphtheria, tetanus and polio booster (Td/IPV), given as a single jab
65 and over:
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Flu (every year)
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Pneumococcal
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Shingles
75 - 79
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RSV vaccination
