Vaccine Delivery delay
Our three big flu vaccine days have been held successfully, seeing around 2000 patients vaccinated over three sites. From here on we have daily clinics held at each site with children's flu clinics dotted across the sites and weeks, Please use online access to book in if you can.
Influenza (Flu) Vaccines
Back to normal?
This year the Flu Clinics will move back indoors. No more tents! The main event will be held at Bradgate, Ridingleaze and Avonmouth surgeries with a mass clinics.
Saturday 9th October - Bradgate
Sunday 10th October - Ridingleaze
Saturday 16th October - Avonmouth
Why is the flu vaccine so important this year?
For most flu can be an unpleasant experience but - if you're otherwise healthy - you will recover from the worst of the symptoms within a week. But flu can be more severe in certain people. At risk groups are more likely to develop potentially serious complications of flu, such as pneumonia (a lung infection), so it's recommended that they have a flu vaccine every year to help protect them.
This year the Flu Clinics will move back indoors. No more tents! The main event will be held at Bradgate, Ridingleaze and Avonmouth surgeries with a mass clinics.
Saturday 9th October - Bradgate
Sunday 10th October - Ridingleaze
Saturday 16th October - Avonmouth
Why is the flu vaccine so important this year?
- We will not be able to tell who has flu and who has COVID. The NHS might struggle to manage the burden of COVID this winter and an influenza epidemic at the same time would stretch the NHS to its limits.
- Co-infection with more than one virus is surprisingly common, especially for hospitalised patients. A combination of Flu and COVID would be especially dangerous and deadly.
For most flu can be an unpleasant experience but - if you're otherwise healthy - you will recover from the worst of the symptoms within a week. But flu can be more severe in certain people. At risk groups are more likely to develop potentially serious complications of flu, such as pneumonia (a lung infection), so it's recommended that they have a flu vaccine every year to help protect them.
Who is eligible for the NHS flu vaccine?
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The flu vaccine is routinely given on the NHS to:
How effective is the flu vaccine?
Flu vaccine is the best protection we have. Studies have shown that the flu vaccine will help prevent you getting the flu.
It will not stop all flu viruses and the level of protection may vary. But if you do get flu after vaccination, it's likely to be milder and shorter-lived than it would otherwise have been. |
Taken from VeryWellHealth - click for comparison of COVID and Flu
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