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