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Winter Vaccination Clinics
Flu clinics will start running at Woodlands Medical Centre from mid September.
During September, we will be vaccinating all children aged 2-3 years old (date of birth between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2022). If your child attends school, then they will receive their nasal flu spray at school.
Pregnant women will also be vaccinated during September.
For all those aged 65 years or over (date of brith on or after 01/04/1960) or in a clinical risk group as listed below, you will be vaccinated from the start of October 2024. The start of the adult programme has been delayed this year as there is evidence to suggest that vaccination effectiveness is improved with a later start in the season.
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Chronic Respiratory Disease |
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Chronic Heart Disease |
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Chronic Kidney Disease |
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Chronic Liver Disease |
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Chronic Neurological Disease |
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Learning Disability |
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Severe Mental Illness |
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Diabetes |
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Epilepsy |
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Immunosuppression |
Including household contacts of immunocompromised individuals |
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Asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen |
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Morbidly obese (class III obesity) |
BMI of 40 or above, aged 16 or over |
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Pregnant women |
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People living in long-stay residential care homes or other long-stay care facilities. |
Does not include young offender institutions, university residents or boarding schools (except those in eligible school years) |
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Homeless patients |
Included are those sleeping rough, people in emergency accommodation and people recently homeless in supported accommodation. |
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Unpaid Carers |
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Third sector carers who work on a voluntary basis |
These should be identified by a letter from their parent organisation naming the person and confirming their membership of, and role in, the organisation. |
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Members of voluntary organisations providing planned emergency first aid. |
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Community First Responders |
If you are eligible for a shingles or pneumococcal vaccination, these will be given alongside the flu vaccine.
The pneumococcal vaccine helps protect against serious illnesses like pneumonia and meningitis. It is recommended for people at higher risk of these illness, such as babies and adults aged 65 or older.
For shingles eligibility, please see information on the Woodlands News page.
The RSV vaccine will be administered by the health board. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common winter virus. Babies under one year of age and adults over 75 years are at the greatest risk of being hospitalised and therefore a RSV vaccination programme will start this year. The vaccination will be offered to adults as they turn 75 years old and pregnant women at 28 weeks gestation. A one-off campaign for old adults will also target those individuals aged between 75 and 79 (+364 days) old. This campaign will run for 12 months from the start of the programme on 1st September 2024.
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