Spring Covid vaccinations 2025

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Who is eligible for the Spring Covid vaccination?

  • Patients aged over 75
  • Home Park will be offering appointments for under 18s for the Spring Campaign. Bookings will be available via NBS or parents can call the vaccine support team (Home Park) if they require further support. The contact number for the West team is 07729 300350
  • Immunosuppression due to disease or treatment, including patients undergoing chemotherapy leading to immunosuppression, patients undergoing radical radiotherapy, solid organ transplant recipients, bone marrow or stem cell transplant recipients, HIV infection at all stages, multiple myeloma or genetic disorders affecting the immune system (e.g. IRAK-4, NEMO, complement disorder, SCID). Individuals who are receiving immunosuppressive or immunomodulating biological therapy including, but not limited to, anti-TNF, alemtuzumab, ofatumumab, rituximab, patients receiving protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors, and individuals treated with steroid sparing agents such as cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil. Individuals treated with or likely to be treated with systemic steroids for more than a month at a dose equivalent to prednisolone at 20mg or more per day for adults. Anyone with a history of haematological malignancy, including leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Those who require long term immunosuppressive treatment for conditions including, but not limited to, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, scleroderma and psoriasis.

How do I book my Covid and flu appointment?

We will be sending invitations to eligible patients that provide options to book via a unique web link , online or by telephone through a designated phoneline.
If you are booking a vaccination using an invitation link sent by SMS message or email then please remember to use the drop-down box to select a date range of interest.


What if I am housebound?

We will contact our household patients directly to offer an at-home vaccination. Unfortunately we will not be able to provide more specific arrival times than those provided at the time of booking.
If you are newly housebound please contact the surgery to inform us of this. We will check with your GP to see if a home vaccination is possible and contact you to advise of the outcome.


What if I cannot attend my Covid and flu vaccination appointment?

If you are unable to attend your flu vaccination appointment, please cancel this via the NHS App, via our Online Services, or by telephone at 01752 346634.

What can I expect when I attend my appointment:

Please arrive as close to your appointment time as possible to reduce queues.
Please do not attend with another person unless they are a carer.
Please wear appropriate clothing so that you are ready for your injection.
Please be aware that our sites will have limited parking due to the number of patients attending these clinics.

Please note there is only disabled parking available at Ivybridge Health Centre