Lanarkshire Covid booster and flu jags begin on Monday
Patients will get invitations to protect themselves ahead of the winter
Last updated 1st Sep 2022
People in Lanarkshire will be asked to roll up their sleeves for the autumn flu and Covid booster vaccination programme staring on Monday (5th September).
The jags are being offered to eligible groups following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, and the first cohorts to be offered flu or both flu and Covid vaccinations includes care homes residents and care home staff, 2 to 5 year olds, and frontline health and social care staff.
Over the next few weeks the flu vaccination will be offered to:
- anyone aged 50 years or over (or will be by 31 March 2023)
- • residents or staff working in a care home for older adults
- • younger adults in long stay nursing and residential care settings
- • health or social care workers
- • children aged 6 months to 2 years with an eligible health condition
- • children aged 2 to 5 years not yet at school
- • primary or secondary school pupils
- • people aged 5 to 49 years with an eligible health condition
- • people aged 5 to 49 years and are a household contact of someone with a weakened immune system
- • unpaid carers or a young carer
- • pregnant women
- • nursery, primary or secondary school teacher or a pupil-facing support staff in local authority or independent setting
- • part of the prison population, a prison officer, or support staff who delivers direct front-facing detention services
On the advice of the JCVI those eligible for a further Covid booster are:
- all adults aged 50 years and over
- • those aged 5 to 49 years in a clinical risk group, including pregnant women
- • those aged 5 to 49 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression
- • those aged 16 to 49 years who are carers
- • residents in a care home for older adults and staff working in care homes for older adults
- • frontline health and social care workers
Tobias Tipper, General Manager for Lanarkshire’s Vaccination Programme, said:
“We will be offering every eligible Lanarkshire resident the opportunity of further protection this winter through the flu and autumn Covid booster and we would encourage anyone eligible for either the flu or the flu and booster to attend their appointment.
“Appointment letters have already started being issued for the 2 to 5 year olds for their flu vaccination and if parents or carers cannot attend the date or time allotted they can attend one of our drop in clinics – details of which are on our website at https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/vaccinations/
“I would personally like to thank every member of staff who has been involved in the vaccination programme. This includes care home staff who have worked with us to deliver the vaccine to care home residents as quickly as possible, colleagues from both North and South Health and Social Care Partnerships for their continued support, and our local authority partners, who continue to provide vaccination sites that allow us to deliver the programme.
“Also thanks have to go to the residents of Lanarkshire for their continued support in making the programme a success.”
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