Flu advice and vaccines

The flu virus is particularly nasty this year and we are seeing fewer numbers of people having the vaccine and higher numbers of people needing hospital treatment. We still have some vaccines left and we strongly encourage all eligible patients to have the flu vaccine to help protect you, your family, your friends and community from becoming very ill with the flu this season.

See this link for information on how to treat yourself if you have flu like symptoms Flu – NHS

Call us to book your appointment or if you have another appointment booked we can offer it to you when you are here on site.

Eligibility criteria for a free flu vaccine:

All patients aged 65 years and over;

Patients aged 18 to 64 years old who live with diabetes, chronic liver disease, chronic respiratory disease, chronic heart disease, chronic renal disease or who are immunosuppressed;

Carers in receipt of a carers allowance or who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person;

Close contact of immunocompromised individuals;

Frontline health care workers;

Care home residents;

*Pregnant women;

*2 to 3 year olds (as of 31st August 2025);

*Children 6 months plus who are in a clinical risk group;

School aged children will be offered the vaccine at school.

For more information about flu vaccines please see Flu vaccine – NHS or for children nasal flu sprays see https://bit.ly/nhs-childflu or call us.

If you would like the flu vaccine but are not in the eligible cohort please go to your pharmacist as they will be offering the vaccine for a fee -usually between £10 to £20.