Flu Clinic Update

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Flu vaccines are still available for those who are eligible for a free NHS vaccine.

KAMP have appointments available in both Pewsey and Marlborough – please call the practice to book.

If you are housebound, we will be contacting you.

Who is Eligible for an NHS Flu Vaccine?

  • All patients aged 65 years and over on 31 March 2023
  • Carers
  • Close/Household contacts of immunocompromised individuals aged 6 months and over
  • Frontline health and social care workers
  • People in long-stay residential or homes
  • Those aged 6 months and over with the following conditions:
    • Chronic respiratory disease – asthma that requires continuous or repeated use of inhaled or systemic steroids or with previous exacerbations requiring hospital admission.
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
    • Children who have previously been admitted to hospital for lower respiratory tract disease
    • Chronic heart disease
    • Chronic kidney disease
    • Chronic liver disease
    • Chronic neurological disease
    • Diabetes
    • Immunosuppression
    • Asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen
  • Pregnant women
  • Morbidly obese (class III obesity) aged 16+
  • Those with learning disability or severe neurological disability