There will be two vaccination campaigns this year and they apply to different groups. The information on this page is for the seasonal flu vaccination campaign. (For the latest information on the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccination campaign CLICK HERE )

The guidance is set by the Department of Health for the surgery to implement.

SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINATION

Everybody aged over 65
 
Anybody suffering from a chronic disease eg those at risk from:

Chronic respiratory disease or asthma requiring repeated steroid inhalers
Diabetes
Chronic heart, liver or kidney disease
Immunosuppression

Carers of ill or infirm people

 

The Mass Seasonal Flu vaccination clinics (2009) have now finished (December 2009).