Hampton Medical Centre

The main flu and COVID-19 vaccination campaign will commence on Thursday 3 October 2024.

Flu Eligability:

• pregnant women
• all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2024
• primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6)
• secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11)
• all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years
• those aged 65 years and over
• those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
• those in long-stay residential care homes
• carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
• close contacts of immunocompromised individuals

The surgery will be running clinics and will invite those eligible nearer the vaccination schedule time. 

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an RNA virus which is a common cause of respiratory tract infections. It usually causes a mild self-limiting respiratory infection in adults and children but can be severe in infants and older adults who are at increased risk of acute lower respiratory tract infection. 

RSV infects up to 90% of children within the first 2 years of life and frequently reinfects older children and adults.

For most people, RSV infection causes a mild respiratory illness with a range of symptoms such as rhinitis (runny nose, sneezing or nasal congestion), cough, shortness of breath, fever, lethargy and decreased appetite.

An RSV vaccine should be offered to:

• adults aged 75 years old on or after 1 September 2024, who remain eligible until their 80th birthday
• all pregnant women from 28 weeks’ gestation

Eligible individuals will have been born on or after 1 September 1949 and become eligible on their birthday (not before). 

A BSL video is available here.