The National Spring Covid Booster vaccination campaign starts on 1st April. Texts have now gone out, inviting those in the eligible groups in for a Covid booster vaccination.

Dedicated booking lines are now open and available 10am to 12 noon, and 2-4pm:

HOLSWORTHY & HATHERLEIGH: 01409 255224

STRATTON: 01288 270342

Please only use these numbers to book a booster.

Patients who are eligible this spring are:

· Anyone aged 75 and over

· People living in a care home for older people

· Anyone 18 to 74 who is SEVERELY IMMUNOSUPPRESSED

Guidance on conditions that mean someone is severely immunosuppressed can be found on the gov.uk website HERE

Please note: medically ‘at risk’ patients who are not immunosuppressed, are NOT eligible for the Spring Boosters.

If you are turning 75 years of age between April and June this year, you do not have to wait until your birthday.

Full information on the Spring booster campaign can be found HERE

We want to encourage all our patients to take up the Covid booster vaccination if they are eligible this spring and are able to do so.

• getting vaccinated against COVID-19 will provide protection for you and those around you for both these serious illnesses
• vaccination offers the best protection against the symptoms

Saturday 26th April - all day

You may book into any of the clinics available in our group.

Wednesday 9th April (2-5pm)   

Friday 25th April (2-5pm)

You may book into any of the clinics available in our group.

Saturday 12th April - all day

You may book into any of the clinics available in our group.

01409 255224

Open 10am-12noon and 2-4pm

01288 270342

Open 10am-12noon and 2-4pm

Information about the Covid vaccines and possible side-effects can be found by clicking HERE

For Spring Boosters 2025 the vaccine being used will be Spikevax, with a potential move to Comirnaty as the programme progresses. 

For all Covid vaccinations the gaps between boosters should be:

• Those aged 12 and above, who are immunocompromised, must have a gap of at least 3 months since their last dose, ideally 6 months.
• Those aged 65 and above must have a gap of at least 3 months since their last booster/dose, ideally 6 months. 

The National Booking Service will not be available until 25th March for bookings elsewhere after 1st April. You will not be able to book at our medical centres via the National Booking Service.

For the National Booking Service online click HERE

If there is an error with your vaccine records and it was given by us, please call 01409 253692 and tell us about this issue. We will try to amend the error the same day, which updates on the national system within 24 hours. 

We are unable to change vaccine records completed elsewhere. If you have an issue with a record that was given at a different site, please contact that site to have any errors amended. If you are unable to contact the site who gave you the vaccine, please call 119 and ask for a VDRS referral. Someone from that team will then call you back and help you woth the query or correction. Once a record has been amended, it will take 24 hours to update on the national system. 

Vaccines given in other parts of the UK should now appear in the English NHS System. 

VACCINATIONS GIVEN ABROAD

If you received any of your COVID-19 vaccinations overseas, you can now book an appointment with a local vaccination centre to get your vaccination records updated. Check the criteria and book an appointment HERE 

OPTING OUT

If you do not wish to be called for a Covid Vaccination you can choose to opt out by clicking HERE. This preference can be changed at any time.

If you do not wish to take up the offer of other vaccinations (including flu vaccinations), please contact your practice directly, so this can be formalised and added to your medical record.