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Covid Vaccine (Clinics Tuesday 20th & 27th September Goldenhill Medical Centre – by appointment only) Vaccine will be Moderna bi-valent. Patients do not have to be registered with Goldenhill Medical centre to attend

Patients now eligible to book via National Booking System online or 119 who are:

aged 65 or over

pregnant

those at high risk due to a health condition

those at high risk because of a weakened immune system

those who live with someone who has a weakened immune system

carers

a frontline health and social care worker

Flu vaccines (Goldenhill patient only – can be booked via the NHS app or by phoning the surgery). We will also in the process of sending out text to allow them to book via a link

Age 65 and over (including those who will be 65 by 31 March 2023)

18- 64 with certain health conditions as listed

· are pregnant

· are in long-stay residential care

· receive a carer’s allowance, or are the main carer for an older or disabled person who may be at risk if you get sick (evidence of carers allowance need to be shown)

· live with someone who is more likely to get a severe infection due to a weakened immune system, such as someone living with HIV, someone who has had a transplant, or is having certain treatments for cancer, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis

· have diabetes, COPD

· have a history of a heart condition or stroke

· are frontline health workers

· are social care workers who cannot get the vaccine through an occupational health scheme at work

Children age 2-3 – but please await a text prior to booking as these will be specific clinics for children

We have been informed that patients aged 50 – 64 not in the above category will be invited late October and we can not vaccinate until we have been given further guidance