Covid-19 Information
Covid Spring Booster 2024
At present we do not require our patients to wear a face mask in the practice UNLESS you have a new cough when you will be asked to wear a mask to protect other patients and our staff.
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.
Spring 2024 booster eligibility
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.
Eligibility
Eligible groups are:
- Adults aged 75 and over (before 30th June 2024)
- Immunosuppressed:
- Organ, bone marrow or stem cell transplant patients
- Those being treated with systemic steroids for more than a month
- Those living with HIV
- Those receiving immunosuppressive or immunomodulating biological therapy
- Those undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy
- Those who require long term therapy for immunosuppression
- Those with a history of haematological malignancy including chronic leukaemia, lymphomas, and leukaemia
- Those with genetic disorders affecting the immune system.
Clinics - Spring Booster 2024
The clinics are being held at Victoria Central Health Centre, Mill Lane on the following dates:
2nd May - 2.00pm - 5.30pm – walk in appointment only
4th May - 9.00am until 4.30pm
5th May - 9.00am until 4.30pm
9th May - 2.00pm - 5.30pm – walk in appointment only
11th May - 9.00am until 4.30pm
18th May - 9.00am until 4.30pm
19th May - 9.00am until 4.30pm
25th May - 9.00am until 4.30pm
You can book an appointment here Book, cancel or change a COVID-19 vaccination appointment - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Walk in appointments are also available on the dates above.