Vaccination Information

Seasonal Flu Service 2020/21

The eligible groups for the 2020/21 service are:

• all people aged 65 years and over (including those becoming age 65 years by 31st March 2021);
• people aged from 18 to less than 65 years of age with one or more of the following medical conditions:
  • chronic (long-term) respiratory disease, such as severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or bronchitis;
  • chronic heart disease, such as heart failure;
  • chronic kidney disease at stage three, four or five;
  • chronic liver disease;
  • chronic neurological disease, such as Parkinson’s disease or motor neurone disease, or learning disability;
  • diabetes;
  • immunosuppresion, a weakened immune system due to disease (such as HIV/AIDS) or treatment (such as cancer treatment);
  • asplenia or splenic dysfunction;
  • morbid obesity
• pregnant women aged 18 or over (including those women who become pregnant during the flu season);
• people aged 18 or over living in long-stay residential care homes or other long-stay care facilities*;
• social care workers;
• hospice workers;
• carers aged 18 or over; or
• household contacts of immunocompromised individuals who are aged 18 or over.

Childhood flu Vaccination 2020/21:

In the autumn/winter of 2020 to 2021, the vaccine will be available free on the NHS for eligible children, including:

• children aged 2 or 3 on 31 August 2020 – that is, children born between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2018
• all primary school children
• all year 7 children (secondary school)
• children aged 2 to 17 with long-term health conditions

Meningitis B

The practice offers the program to children born on or after 1st May 2015.

Please contact the surgery for any further queries on 0208 979 3306 or 0208 979 5150.

For those patients that are not eligible, feel free to consult other GP practices and pharmacies that may offer the injections privately.

Shingles Vaccine

Who’s eligible for shingles vaccination?

Some individuals who were eligible for the shingles (catch-up) vaccination programme may have turned 80 years during the COVID-19 pandemic and missed the opportunity to be vaccinated, either due to lockdown or because they were shielding at home and unable to attend their general practice.

This cohort of individuals is likely to be very small and can still be offered shingles vaccine unless contraindicated, up to 31 December 2020. This temporary offer applies only to those who missed shingles vaccination because they were shielding and who turned 80 years of age during that period. It is only applicable to periods of time when lockdown or shielding was recommended.

Protect yourself from the pain of shingles – speak to your GP surgery about having your vaccine today.

You can have the shingles vaccination at any time of year.

Pneumonia Vaccine

People aged 65 and over only need a single pneumococcal vaccination. This vaccine is not given annually like the flu jab. People with a long-term health condition may need just a single one-off pneumococcal vaccination or vaccination every 5 years, depending on their underlying health problem.

Patient who are aged  65 year +  who are have not had a Pneumonia Vaccination.