The spring covid vaccination campaign started on the 22nd April 2024 and will run until the end of June 2024.  Booking is available via the national NHS booking service by phoning 119 or going to the NHS covid vaccination booking site.

To be eligible for the NHS covid vaccination this spring you must:

• be resident in a care home for older adults, or

• be aged 75 years or over (this includes those who turn 75 years old by 30 June 2024)

        or

• be over 16 and have a suppressed immune system - as defined in the Green book, chapter 14a; as below.   NB If you are under 16 with a suppressed immune system you may be eligible to receive a vaccination elsewhere.

We do not offer private covid vaccinations.

"Immunosuppression due to disease or treatment, including patients undergoing chemotherapy leading to immunosuppression, patients undergoing radical radiotherapy, solid organ transplant recipients, bone marrow or stem cell transplant recipients, HIV infection at all stages, multiple myeloma or genetic disorders affecting the immune system (e.g. IRAK-4, NEMO, complement disorder, SCID). Individuals who are receiving immunosuppressive or immunomodulating biological therapy including, but not limited to, anti-TNF, alemtuzumab, ofatumumab, rituximab, patients receiving protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors, and individuals treated with steroid sparing agents such as cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil. Individuals treated with or likely to be treated with systemic steroids for more than a month at a dose equivalent to prednisolone at 20mg or more per day for adults. Anyone with a history of haematological malignancy, including leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Those who require long term immunosuppressive treatment for conditions including, but not limited to, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, scleroderma and psoriasis. Some immunosuppressed patients may have a suboptimal immunological response to the vaccine (see Immunosuppression and HIV)."