Flu Clinics 2009 We are now taking bookings for the usual seasonal flu campaign. This is not the pandemic swine flu campaign which is a different vaccination that affects a different range of patients.
The clinical risk groups for 2009 are set out below:
All those aged 65 years and over (this includes all patients who will be aged 65 or over on 31
st March 2010).
All those aged 6 months or over in a clinical risk group as follows:
Chronic respiratory disease and asthma that requires continuous or repeated use of inhaled or systemic steroids or with previous exacerbations requiring hospital admission
| Chronic heart disease Chronic renal disease Chronic liver disease Chronic neurological disease Diabetes Immunosuppression due to disease or treatment Multiple sclerosis and related conditions or Hereditary and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system
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Those living in long-stay residential care homes or other long-stay facilities
Those who are in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill.
Please call the surgery on 01728 830 526 to make an appointment