NHS vaccinations

It’s important that you have the vaccinations you need to keep you safe and to minimise the risk of infections. We offer a number of vaccinations at our surgery. Your GP will be able to let you know what vaccinations you need. You can also find more information about vaccinations and when to have them on the NHS vaccination schedule.

Childhood immunisation

It’s important to make sure that your child has all of their routine childhood vaccinations. It’s the most effective way of keeping them protected against infectious diseases.

Ideally, children should have their vaccinations at the right age to protect them as early as possible and to minimise the risk of infection.

Your GP will be able to tell you what vaccinations children need. You can also find more information about children’s vaccinations and benefits on the NHS website.

Flu vaccinations

Seasonal flu is a highly infectious illness that’s caused by a flu virus. The virus infects your lungs and upper airways, and can cause a high temperature, aches and pains. A flu vaccination can help limit your risk of getting the flu.

Our surgery offers flu vaccinations to patients. We offer two routine vaccinations – one for patients under 65 years and another vaccine for patients over 65 years.

You can contact the surgery to find out more about flu vaccinations or visit the NHS website.

Travel vaccinations

We offer routine vaccinations and general advice to our patients travelling abroad who may need to be vaccinated.

We recommend booking an appointment to see your GP and help plan for your trip. It may take up to eight weeks for a full course of vaccinations, so please contact us well in advance to give yourself plenty of time if you’re planning to go abroad where you’re required to be vaccinated.

Some vaccinations are ordered on a private prescription and not on the NHS, which means that these will be charged for. Your GP will be able to tell you which vaccinations you need, when you need them and if you will need to pay for them.

You can book an appointment to see your GP using our online system. You can also find useful information about travel vaccinations on the Travel vaccinations page on the NHS website.

Autumn vaccination programme

RSV Vaccination

What is RSV?

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is an infectious disease of the airways and lungs.  RSV infection often causes symptoms similar to a cold, including cough, sore throat, sneezing and runny or blocked nose. It can make you become wheezy or short of breath and lead to pneumonia and other life threatening conditions.  
RSV can be more severe in people with medical conditions such as heart or lung disease or a weakened immune system.

How do you catch RSV?

RSV infections can occur all year round but cases peak every winter.
RSV can spread through coughs and sneezes. You can help to prevent the virus by covering your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze (ideally with a tissue, or else into the bend of your elbow), and washing your hands frequently to reduce the risk of picking up the virus.  Even without these measures it can difficult to avoid RSV infection.
Who should have the RSV Vaccination?
Everyone turning 75 years old on or after the 1st September 2024 will be offered a single dose of RSV vaccine.  This is because older adults are more at risk of serious complications from RSV.  You can still get the vaccine up to the day before you turn 80.
For the first year of the programme, the vaccine will also be offered to those who are already aged 75 - 79 years on the 1st September as part of the catch up programme. 
For further information on the RSV vaccine please click on the following link: RSV Vaccine Leaflet.pdf

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