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Spring 2025  Covid vaccine eligibility

People aged 75 years and older, residents in care homes for older people, and those aged 6 months and over with a weakened immune system will be offered a dose of COVID-19 vaccine this spring.

COVID-19 is more serious in older people and in people with certain underlying health conditions. For these reasons, people aged 75 years and over, those in care homes, and those aged 6 months and over with a weakened immune system are being offered a spring dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Timing of the spring vaccine

You should be offered an appointment between April and June, with those at highest risk being called in first. You will be invited to have your booster around 6 months after your last dose, but you can have it as soon as 3 months.

If you are turning 75 years of age between April and June, you do not have to wait until your birthday, you can attend when you are called for vaccination.

You will be invited for your booster and you can book using the NHS app for Apple or Android. You can also find your nearest walk-in vaccination site from the NHS website.

For housebound patients aged 75 and over the surgery will arrange for your vaccination at home.

NHS vaccinations and when to have them 

Vaccines are the most effective way to prevent many infectious diseases and it is important that vaccines are given on time for the best protection but if you or your child has missed a vaccination then please contact the surgery to make a catch up appointment.

A full list of current NHS vaccinations for all ages is in the NHS vaccination section of the website.

Further information is available on the nhs.uk website by clicking on the link below:

Why vaccination is important and the safest way to protect yourself - NHS

Mental health - how to get help

If you need help for a mental health crisis or emergency, you should get immediate expert advice and assessment

It is important to know you can access services which are available for you to access whatever you are going through

Get Advice from 111

Call 111 and select option 2

111 will tell you the right place to get help and you may be able to speak to a trained mental health professional over the phone.

Other ways to get help with your mental health

These services offer confidential support from trained volunteers and you can talk about anything that is troubling you, no matter how difficult.

  • Call 116 123 to talk to the Samaritans or email jo@samaritans.org for a reply within 24 hours
  • Text "SHOUT" to 85258 to contact the Shout Crisis Text Line or text "YM" if you are under 19
  • If you are under 19 you can also call 08000 1111 to talk to Childline.

Call 999 or go to A&E if:

  • Someone's life is at risk - for example, if they have seriously injured themselves or have taken an overdose.
  • You do not feel you can keep yourself or someone else safe.

A mental health emergency should be taken as seriously as a physical one.

You will not be wasting anyone's time.

Making a safety plan

If you struggle with suicidal thoughts or are supporting someone else, it may help to make a safety plan to use if you need it:



 
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