Flu Vaccinations – 2021

Posted on September 6th, 2021

Dear Patients,

We have begun our planning for Flu vaccination delivery for this year. Clinics will be held at King George Surgery, with some smaller clinics at Manor House Surgery later on. 

Letters have been sent to some patients aged 65+ inviting them to attend on 25th September but you may have seen on the news that unfortunately we may have to postpone this clinic due to delays in delivery of the vaccine.

We plan on holding a further Flu Saturday morning clinic for the remainder of patients aged 65+ the following week and we will write to these patients in due course – please bear with us! For those with letters for 25th September – we will update you as soon as we know if we need to move the clinic to another date.  Unfortunately this is outside of our control, and is due to supply chain issues affecting many areas including supermarkets etc.

For patients aged 18-64 in an at risk group, and patients aged 50-64 (not in an at risk group) – you will be invited to attend for your Flu vaccine in November – this may seem quite late, but again this is due to delivery of the vaccine.  The Flu season is typically December to March each year, so we do encourage you to attend when invited.

Patients under 65 have a different vaccine to those over 65, they come separately and are from a different manufacturer. Rest assured, as soon as we have the vaccines we will begin to invite patients by text message – you will receive a link to directly book your appointment online.

Please keep an eye on our website for updates, and you can find out further information about the Flu vaccine and eligible groups via this link

Thank you for your patience!