Immunisations

Flu Vaccine

The flu vaccine helps protect against flu, which can be a serious or life-threatening illness. It's offered on the NHS every year in autumn or winter to people at higher risk of getting seriously ill from flu. 

You can get a flu vaccine if you: 

  • are aged 65 years or over 
  • are aged 6 months to under 65 years in clinical at risk groups
  • are pregnant 
  • are aged 2 and 3 years on 31st August 2026 
  • are a school aged children 
  • live in a care home
  • are the main carer for an older or disabled person or receieve a carer's allowance 
  • live with someone who has a weakened immune system 
  • are experiencing homlessness or staying in a homeless hostel or night shelter 

If you are eligible for the flu vaccine you can book an appointment via our reception team on 01728 830526. 

For any further information please see the NHS website: 

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/flu-vaccine/

COVID-19 Vaccine

The COVID-19 vaccine helps protect against COVID-19, which can be a serious or life-threatening illness for some people. It's usually offered on the NHS in spring and early winter to people who need extra protection from COVID-19.

You can get a COVID-19 vaccine if you: 

  • are aged 75 or over including those who will be by 31 January of the following year
  • are aged 6 months to 74 years in clinical at risk groups 
  • live in a care home for older adults 

If you are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine you can book an appointment via our reception team on 01728 830526. 

For any further information please see the NHS website:

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/COVID-19-vaccine/

RSV Vaccine

The RSV vaccine helps protect against infection with respiratory syncytical virus, a common virus that can make babies and older adults seriously ill. RSV is a common cause of cough and colds. Most people get it several times during their life.

It usually gets better by itself, but  in some people it can causes illnesses such as: 

  • pneumonia 
  • bronchiolitis

You can get a RSV vaccination on the NHS if: 

  • you're 28 weeks pregnant or more- this vaccine is recommended during every pregnancy to help protect your baby after they're born
  • you're 75 or over
  • you live in a care home for older adults 

If you are eligible for the RSV vaccine please book an appointment via our reception team on 01728 830526. 

For any further information please see the NHS website: 

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/rsv-vaccine/

Shingles Vaccine

The shingles vaccine helps protect against shingles which is a common condition that causes a painful rash. It can sometimes lead to serious problems such as long-lasting pain, hearing loss or blindness. You're more likely to get shingles, and it's more likely to cause serious problems, as you get older or if you have a severely weakened immune system. 

The shingles vaccine is a two-part vaccine offered between 6 and 12 months apart. 

You can get a shingles vaccine on the NHS if: 

  • you turn 65 on or after the 1st September 2023 
  • you are aged 70 to 79 
  • you are aged 18 and over in clinical risk groups 

 

If you are eligible for the shingles vaccine please book an appointment via our reception team on 01728 830526. 

For further information please see the NHS website: 

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/shingles-vaccine/

Pneumococcal Vaccine

The pneumococcal vaccine helps protect against some types of bacterial infections that can cause serious illnesses like:

  • meningitis 
  • sepsis 
  • pneumonia

You can get a pneumococcal vaccine if you: 

  • are a baby (1st doses given at 16 weeks and a booster dose at 1 year) 
  • are aged 65 and older 
  • are aged 2 years and above in clinical at risk groups 

If you are eligible for the pneumococcal vaccine please book an appointment via our reception team on 01728 830526. 

For any further information please see the NHS website: 

 

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/pneumococcal-vaccine/

Childhood Vaccination Schedule

Childhood immunisations are vaccines given to protect children from serious illnesses such as measles, mumps, rubella meningitis and whooping cough. 

Vaccines for babies under 1 years old: 

  • 8 weeks:
      • 6-in-1 vaccine (1st dose) 
      • Rotavirus vaccine (1st dose) 
      • MenB vaccine (1st dose)
  • 12 weeks: 
      • 6-in-1 vaccine (2nd dose) 
      • Rotavirus vaccine (2nd dose) 
      • MenB vaccine (2nd dose)
  • 16 weeks: 
      • 6-in-1 vaccine (3rd dose) 
      • Pneumococcal vaccine (1st dose) 

Vaccines for children aged 1 to 15 years: 

  • 1 year: 
      • MMRV vaccine (1st dose) 
      • Pneumococcal vaccine (2nd dose) 
      • MenB vaccine (3rd dose) 
  • 18 months: 
      • 6-in-1 vaccine (4th dose) 
      • MMRV vaccine (2nd dose) 
  • 2 to 15 years: 
      • child flu vaccine 
  • 3 years and 4 months: 
      • 4-in-1 pre-school booster vaccine 
      • MMRV vaccine 
  • 12 to 13 years:
      • HPV vaccine (if not done in school) 
  • 14 years: 
      • Td/IPV vaccine (3-in-1 teenage booster) 
      • MenACWY vaccine 

 

If your child is eligible for any of the above vaccines, please book an appointment via our reception team on 01728 830526. 

For any further information please see the NHS website: 

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/nhs-vaccinations-and-when-to-have-them/

Clinical Risk Groups - Examples (decision based on clinical judgement)

Chronic respiratory disease

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and emphysema; bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung fibrosis, pneumoconiosis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).
  • Asthma - with disease which requires continuous or repeated use of inhaled or systemic steroids or with previous exacerbations requiring hospital admission.
  • Children who have previously been admitted to hospital for lower respiratory tract disease.

Chronic heart disease

  • Congenital heart disease.
  • Hypertension with cardiac complications.
  • Chronic heart failure.
  • Individuals requiring regular medication and/or follow-up for ischaemic heart disease.

Kidney disease

  • Chronic kidney disease.
  • Nephrotic syndrome.
  • Renal transplantation.

Chronic liver disease

  • Cirrhosis.
  • Biliary atresia.
  • Chronic hepatitis.

Chronic neurological disease

  • Stroke.
  • Transient ischaemic attack (TIA).

Diabetes

  • Type 1 diabetes.
  • Type 2 diabetes requiring insulin or oral hypoglycaemic drugs.
  • Diet-controlled diabetes.

Immunosuppression

  • Immunosupression due to disease or treatment.
  • Patients undergoing chemotherapy leading to immunosuppression.
  • Asplenia or splenic dysfunction.
  • HIV infection.
  • Individuals treated with, or likely to be treated with, systemic steroids for more than a month at a dose equivalent to prednisolone at 20 mg or more per day (any age) or, for children under 20 kg, a dose of 1 mg or more per kg per day.
    Some immunocompromised patients may have a suboptimal immunological response to the vaccine.

Pregnancy

  • All pregnant women should receive the trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine.

 

Page last reviewed: 20 August 2026
Page created: 13 July 2022