Flu Vaccinations for people with a learning disability 

 

Protect Yourself from Flu with the flu Vaccine

Information about the flu vaccine for people with a learning disability. 

A short video for carers of people with a learning disability about the importance of vaccinating themselves and the people they care for. The video explains why it is important to have it every year, who is eligible for a free vaccine, where you can get the vaccine and the reasonable adjustments carers might need for the person they care for.

There is more information about flu vaccinations for people with a learning disability here. 

 
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Eligibility

Eligibility for flu vaccination is based on the advice and recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).  This includes a vaccination programme for children based on 
JCVI’s 2012 recommendation , using live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) which provides individual protection to the child and reduces transmission in the wider population.

 

From 1 September 2024:

  • pregnant women
  • all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2024
  • primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6)
  • secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11)
  • all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years

From October 2024, exact start date to be confirmed by NHS England in due course:

  • those aged 65 years and over
  • those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book, Influenza Chapter 19)
  • those in long-stay residential care homes
  • carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
  • close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
  • frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants
Day Saturday 5th October Hours 9am to 1pm     St Johns Medical Centre    
St Johns Medical Centre		 56- 60 Loampit Hill, SE13 7SX56- 60 Loampit Hill, SE13 7SX
Day Saturday 12th October 9am to 1pm Honor Oak Group Practice 20  Turnham Road, SE4 2LA
Day Saturday 19th October 9am to 1pm Hilly Fields Medical Centre 172 Adelaide Avenue, London SE4 1JN
Day Saturday 26th October 9am to 1pm St Johns Medical Centre    
St Johns Medical Centre		 56- 60 Loampit Hill, SE13 7SX

Published: Sep 18, 2024