Get your flu vaccination
The NHS has issued a ‘flu jab SOS’, with England’s top nurse warning people to get protected now, with only weeks to go before the worst of the flu season typically bites.
The NHS is calling on eligible adults to get their jab as soon as possible to stamp out the early wave of flu hitting the NHS more than a month earlier this year, with cases triple the same time last year.
It follows the biggest flu season in Australia’s history – often an accurate predictor of what is around the corner for people in England.
Eligible people for a free flu vaccination:
- People aged 65 or over
- People with certain long-term health conditions
- Pregnant women
- People who live in a care home
- People who are the main carer for an older or disabled person, or receive a carer’s allowance
- People who live with someone who has a weakened immune system
- Frontline health and social care workers can also get a flu vaccine through their employer.
- Children aged 6 months to 17 years with certain long-term conditions
- Children aged 2 to 3 (will be invited by GP)
- Children aged 4 to 16 (offered at school by team of trained vaccinators)
How to get your vaccination:
- Book on the NHS website
- Book on the NHS App
- Call 119
- Contact your GP
- Walk into a local pharmacy
Find a pharmacy that offers free flu vaccinations
The North East London Integrated Care Board website has winter wellness advice for Newham Forest (and other boroughs). You can download a guide for Newham which is also available in Bengali, Indian Punjabi, Pakistani Punjabi, Polish, Romanian and Urdu.
