Whooping cough walk-in vaccine for pregnant women
Read more: Whooping cough vaccination in pregnancy
Being up to date with routine vaccinations helps prevent you, your family, and others from becoming unwell. More here: Why vaccination is important If you’re not sure about you or your child’s vaccine status your GP surgery can advise. You may also be able to view your status via the NHS app
RSV is a common cause of respiratory tract infections and causes hundreds of thousands of infections across the UK each winter. From 1 September 2024, the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programme begins. The programme will protect those most at risk (the very young and older people), and also help ease pressures on the NHS during the busy winter months. The groups eligible for the RSV vaccine are:
Find out more here: What is RSV and is there a vaccine? – UK Health Security Agency (blog.gov.uk)
The MMR vaccine helps prevent against Measles, Mumps and RubellaTwo doses of the MMR vaccine give excellent lifelong protection so if you or your child have missed out, contact your GP surgery to book. Your GP will offer your child one vaccine dose when they are a year old and another at 3 years, 4 months. Both doses are needed to be fully protected.
If you’re pregnant you should also have the whooping cough vaccine. You usually have it when you’re around 20 weeks pregnant. This helps protect your baby for the first few weeks of their life.
Speak to your GP surgery or midwife if you’re 20 weeks pregnant and have not been offered the whooping cough vaccine.
School age children are offered routine vaccines at school, but if they missed these for any reason or your child is home schooled, walk-in catch up vaccine clinics are running throughout the spring and summer. See dates and venues below
These vaccines include:
Monday 29, 10am-4pm, Health On The High Street, Unit 33 Friars Square, Aylesbury, HP20 2SP
Tuesday 30, 1-4pm, Mapledean Family Centre, Cressex Rd, High Wycombe HP12 4PR
Thursday 1, 2-4.30pm, Rayners Hedge, Croft Road, Aylesbury, HP21 7RD
Friday 2, 1-4.30pm, Haleacre Unit at Amersham Hospital, Whielden St, Amersham, HP7 0JD
Monday 5, 1-4.30pm, Haleacre Unit at Amersham Hospital, Whielden St, Amersham, HP7 0JD
Tuesday 6, 1-4.30pm, Haleacre Unit at Amersham Hospital, Whielden St, Amersham, HP7 0JD
Thursday 8, 2-4.30pm, Rayners Hedge, Croft Road, Aylesbury, HP21 7RD
Monday 12, 10am-4pm, Health On The High Street, Unit 33 Friars Square, Aylesbury, HP20 2SP
Tuesday 13, 1-4pm, Mapledean Family Centre, Cressex Rd, High Wycombe HP12 4PR
Thursday 15, 2-4.30pm, Rayners Hedge, Croft Road, Aylesbury, HP21 7RD
Friday 16, 1-4.30pm, Haleacre Unit at Amersham Hospital, Whielden St, Amersham, HP7 0JD
Monday 19, 10am-4pm, Health On The High Street, Unit 33 Friars Square, Aylesbury, HP20 2SP
Tuesday 20, 1-4pm, Mapledean Family Centre, Cressex Rd, High Wycombe HP12 4PR
Wednesday 21, 1-4.30pm, Haleacre Unit at Amersham Hospital, Whielden St, Amersham, HP7 0JD
Thursday 22, 2-4.30pm, Rayners Hedge, Croft Road, Aylesbury, HP21 7RD
Tuesday 27, 1-4pm, Mapledean Family Centre, Cressex Rd, High Wycombe HP12 4PR
Thursday 29, 2-4.30pm, Rayners Hedge, Croft Road, Aylesbury, HP21 7RD
Friday 30, 1-4.30pm, Haleacre Unit at Amersham Hospital, Whielden St, Amersham, HP7 0JD
The shingles vaccine is recommended for:
Shingles is a common condition that causes a painful rash. It can sometimes lead to more serious problems.
Being vaccinated reduces the chance of catching shingles and if you do catch it, reduces the possibility of more serious problems developing.
The shingles vaccine programme aims to offer the vaccine to those eligible all year around, with individuals becoming eligible as they celebrate their birthdays throughout the year.
Find out more about why you may have to wait for your shingles vaccine here. The vaccine programme aims to support the NHS and GP Practices to deliver the programme in a manageable way. Eventually offering the vaccine when people becoming eligible as they celebrate their birthdays throughout the year.
More information, including a handy eligibilty calculator can be found here: getshinglesready.co.uk
Flu vaccines are safe and effective. They’re offered on the NHS every year in autumn or early winter to help protect people at risk of flu and its complications.
Your GP probably won’t prescribe antibiotics as they do not work for viral infections like the flu – antibiotics won’t relieve symptoms or speed up your recovery.
Find more on symptoms and how to treat flu here: Flu – NHS
The COVID-19 spring booster vaccination programme has now closed.
The exception is those newly diagnosed as immunosuppressed or who fit eligibilty criteria (see below). If you are in this group, contact your GP or hospital specialist to request vaccination outside the seasonal programme.
The service will reopen later in the year. If your NHS record suggests you may be eligible for a further COVID-19 vaccination, the NHS will contact you.
Further Covid-19 vaccine service information here: COVID-19 services – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
The eligibility criteria are as follows:
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Emergency Departments (A&E) and 999 are for life threatening emergencies.