Kingsteignton Medical Practice

Influenza Vaccination 2024-2025

 

 

Influenza Vaccination 2024-2025

NHS England has advised this years Over 65 flu vaccines are not given until after the 1st October 2024 to maximise the length of immunity for patients.

Delaying administering the jab until the beginning of October is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) that this provides ‘optimal protection during the highest risk period.’

Holding clinics from October means vaccines will be administered ‘closer to the time that the flu season commonly starts’ and to when it peaks in December or January.

Timings and eligibility for free NHS flu vaccine

The following should be vaccinated from 1 September 2024:

  • pregnant women
  • all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2024
  • all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years who have missed this vaccination at school

The following should be vaccinated from October 2024 (exact date still to be confirmed):

  • those aged 65 years and over
  • those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book, Influenza Chapter 19)
  • those in long-stay residential care homes
  • carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
  • close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
  • frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme

We will be holding prebooked vaccination clinics – more information about these will be sent to patients soon!

Eligible patients will receive an online booking link via SMS text message in the weeks before the start dates listed below. If you do not have a mobile phone, we will call you and invite you in.

There are now more NHS providers, such as pharmacies, offering free seasonal influenza vaccinations. This aims to increase convenience and address healthcare inequalities. However, GP practices like ours rely heavily on the NHS funding from this program to subsidise other essential services. Therefore, if possible, please support our practice by getting your Flu vaccines from us. Thank you.

Support your Practice, have your vaccination with us

 

 

Date published: 18th May, 2020
Date last updated: 16th September, 2024