COVID-19 CLINIC
Following extensive trials, the first safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in the UK and is now available to priority groups.
Vaccinations are being delivered according to priority groups identified by the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The vaccinations may not take place at your GP practice, but rather a local vaccination service (led by GPs, practice nurses and community pharmacists) who are responsible for delivering the vaccine to people in your community.
When it is the right time for you to receive your vaccination, you will receive an invitation to come forward. This may be via the phone, or through a letter either from your GP or the national booking system.
We know lots of people will be eager to get protected but we are asking people not to contact us to get an appointment as you will not be able to get one until you are contacted.
Phases of the COVID Vaccination Programme
This is the official NHS information on the phased approach to the COVID Vaccination Programme.
Phase 1 - direct prevention of mortality and supporting the NHS and social care system. JCVI advises that the first priorities for the COVID-19 vaccination programme should be the prevention of mortality and the maintenance of the health and social care systems. As the risk of mortality from COVID-19 increases with age, prioritisation is primarily based on age. The order of priority for each group in the population corresponds with data on the number of individuals who would need to be vaccinated to prevent one death, estimated from UK data obtained from March to June 2020.
It is estimated that taken together, these groups represent around 99% of preventable mortality from COVID-19.
This is what we are following at Brannam Medical Centre along with all practices in North Devon. Each category has thousands of patients in and we are on categories 1,2, 3 & 4 at the moment.
We will contact patients directly to invite you, these appointments will be held at either North Devon Leisure Centre or at Brannam Medical Centre.
FLU CLINIC
People who should have a flu vaccine
The injected flu vaccine is offered free of charge on the NHS to people who are at risk. This is to help protect them against catching flu and developing serious complications.
You should have the flu vaccine if you:
- are 65 years of age or over
- are pregnant
- have certain medical conditions
- are living in a long-stay residential care home or other long-stay care facility
- receive a carer's allowance, or you are the main carer for an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if you fall ill
- live with someone who's at high risk of coronavirus (on the NHS shielded patient list) or you expect to be with them on most days over winter.
Frontline health and social care workers are also eligible to receive the flu vaccine. It's your employer's responsibility to arrange and pay for this vaccine.
For more information on the free NHS vaccination please visit www.nhs.uk
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? This question raises a great deal of discussion. To find out what a group of international scientists and experts of the immune system have to say about it, take a look at this short and informative animated video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRyDSqlnaBY
Flu Clinic 2020/2021
We are now taking bookings for flu vaccinations.
CHILDREN'S CLINICS
PLEASE NOTE THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR THOSE BORN BETWEEN 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016 - 31ST AUGUST 2018 ONLY
We currently have no clinics
OVER 65's CLINICS ONLY
PLEASE NOTE THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR THOSE BORN BEFORE 1ST APRIL 1956 ONLY
We currently have no clinics
UNDER 65'S AT RISK CLINIC ONLY
PLEASE NOTE THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR THOSE UNDER 65 YEARS WHO ARE 'AT RISK' To see if you are eligible please click here.
Monday - 25th January
50-64 YEARS CLINIC
Monday - 25th January