Village Medical offers the flu vaccines to patients yearly from the end of Sept. Please contact reception in either surgery to book an appointment in one of our flu vaccination clinics. Our reception staff will be making appointments from the middle of Sept 2014 onwards.
It is very important if you fall into any of the categories below, that you present for your vaccine:
Vaccination is strongly recommended for:
- persons 65 and over,
- those aged 6 months to 65 years
- with a long term medical condition such as diabetes. heart, kidney, lung (asthma, COPD) or neurological disease
- whose immune system is impaired due to disease or treatment
- with a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 40
- residents of nursing homes and other long stay institutions
- pregnant women (can be given at any stage of pregnancy),
- healthcare workers
- carers
- people with regular close contact with poultry, water fowl or pigs.
Please contact the surgery for more information.