NHS vaccinations

It's important to make sure that your child has all of their routine childhood vaccinations. It's the most effective way of keeping them protected against infectious diseases.

Ideally, children should have their vaccinations at the right age to protect them as early as possible and to minimise the risk of infection.

Your GP will be able to tell you what vaccinations children need. You can also find more information about children's vaccinations and benefits on the Vaccinations page on the NHS website.

Seasonal flu is highly infectious illness that’s caused by a flu virus. The virus infects your lungs and upper airways, and can cause a high temperature, aches and pains. A flu vaccination can help limit your risk of getting the flu.

Our surgery offers flu vaccinations to patients. We offer two routine vaccinations – one for patients under 65 years and another vaccine for patient over 65 years.

You can contact the surgery to find out more about flu vaccinations or visit the Flu Influenza vaccine page on the NHS website.

Have you booked to go on holiday? Do you need vaccinations prior to travelling?

To enable us to provide you with the best care prior to travel we would be grateful if you complete the following steps.

• Contact a recognised Travel Vaccination Service to find out which vaccinations you need prior to travel. General Practice is only able to administer the following vaccinations for free under the NHS: Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Tetanus, Polio, Diptheria or Cholera. For anything else you will need to have these from a Travel Clinic.
• Complete the Travel Questionnaire (found on website or available at Reception) and give this completed form along with the documentation regarding your vaccinations to the surgery at least 6 weeks prior to your holiday.
• Once the Nursing Team have reviewed this information and your medical records we will contact you to make the necessary appointment(s) for your vaccinations.

Without this information and the necessary time frames we may not be able to obtain the vaccinations needed/arrange the required appointments.

All vaccinations need to be given at least 2 weeks prior to travel for them to be effective.

Due to the complexity and time needed for providing travel vaccinations we are unable to offer this service if you are travelling in less than 4 weeks time from when you contact us.

For those vaccinations that are not provided free on the NHS, patients should arrange vaccination at a travel clinic provider

Yellow Fever Vaccinations are now available to have at St. Agnes Surgery – please contact them on 01872 553881

You can find useful information about travel vaccinations on the Travel vaccinations page on the NHS website.